Mine detail: East Fork Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 35.8282, -83.38428

Resource(B)

Tertiary: Cobalt, Iron, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates
Other material: Calcite, Dolomite, Magnesite, Psilomelane, Pyrite, Pyrolusite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite, Sulfur, Wad

Production

Operation type: Surface-Underground
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1792

Geology

References

MAS471550001
DEP10178797
Reference{Deposit:: CONFIDENTIAL UNPUBLISHED WAR MIN. REPT., 1945, MANGANESE, SE}{Deposit:: COUNTY, TENNESSEE}{Deposit:: O NEILL, J.F., ET.AL., RECONNAISANCE OF E. TENN. MANGANESE D}{Deposit:: UNPUBLISHED BU MINES RI, CONFIDENTIAL WAR MINERALS REPORT FILES, JOHNSON CO.}{Deposit:: PIERCE, W.G., USGS BULL 940-J, 1943, P 273}{Deposit:: REICHERT, STANLEY O., TENN. DEPT- OF CONSERVATION, DIV. OF G}{Deposit:: BULL 50, 1942, PP 150-155}
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