West Baptist Hollow Manganese Mine, Bumpass Cove District, Unicoi Co., Tennessee, USA
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 36° 9' 4'' North , 82° 30' 26'' West |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | 36.15111,-82.50723 |
GeoHash: | G#: dnmmdt056 |
Locality type: | Mine |
KΓΆppen climate type: | Cfa : Humid subtropical climate |
REF:Deposit:: RODGERS, JOHN, 1948, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF BUMPASS COVE, UNICOI AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 54, 82 P
Deposit:: 1948 GEOLMAP RODGERS, J
Production:: RODGERS, J. TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 54
Reserve
Commodities (Major) - Manganese
Development Status: Past Producer
Host Rock Unit: Hampton Formation, Shady Dolomite, Erwin Formation, Unicoi Formation
Structure: Syncline Northwest Of Thrust Fault Between Northwest And Southeast Blocks Of The Bald Mountain Thrust Sheet
Host Rock: Siltstone, Shale, Arkose, Quartzite, Dolomite, Limestone, Conglomerate
Commodity List
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3 valid minerals.
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Paleozoic 252.17 - 541 Ma ID: 3187973 | Paleozoic sedimentary rocks Age: Paleozoic (252.17 - 541 Ma) Lithology: Sedimentary rocks Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154] |
Cambrian 485.4 - 541 Ma ID: 2834773 | Shady Dolomite Age: Cambrian (485.4 - 541 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Shady Dolomite Description: Light-gray, well-bedded dolomite with thin- to medium-bedded gray limestone; yellowish-brown residual clays with "jasperoid" diagnostic. Thickness about 1,000 feet. Comments: East sheet Lithology: Major:{dolostone,limestone}, Incidental:{clay} Reference: Horton, J.D., C.A. San Juan, and D.B. Stoeser. The State Geologic Map Compilation (SGMC) geodatabase of the conterminous United States. doi: 10.3133/ds1052. U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1052. [133] |
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