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Treadway Manganese Prospect, Stony Creek Mining District, Carter County, Tennessee, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
36° 15' 28'' North , 82° 16' 13'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
36.25778,-82.27028
GeoHash:
G#: dnmqrbs8g
GRN:
N25W48
Type:
Prospect
Köppen climate type:
Cfb : Temperate oceanic climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Pine Crest2,388 (2011)6.3km
Central2,279 (2011)7.8km
Johnson City66,027 (2017)9.7km
Unicoi3,561 (2017)9.9km
Elizabethton13,772 (2017)11.4km
Mindat Locality ID:
127796
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:127796:1
GUID (UUID V4):
0


REF:Deposit:: KING, P.B., FERGUSON, H.W., CRAIG, L.C., RODGERS, JOHN, 1944, GEOLOGY AND MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 52, 275P
Deposit:: ONEILL, J.F. ET AL, RECONN. OF EAST TENN. MN. DEPOSITS, UNPU
Deposit:: WAR MINERALS REPORT, 1954, PP. 147-148
Deposit:: TENNESSEE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 52, PLATE 1 AND P. 227
Deposit:: USGS CRIB RECORD NO. K000101, 12/81.
Deposit:: 1944 GEOLMAP FERGUSON AND SMIT
Commodities (Trace) - Manganese
Development Status: Occurrence
Host Rock Unit: Erwin Formation, Quartzite, Shady Dolomite
Host Rock: Dolomite

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1 valid mineral.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘDolomite5.AB.10CaMg(CO3)2
Unclassified
ⓘ'Psilomelane'-
ⓘ'Wad'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

CCarbon
Cⓘ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
OOxygen
Oⓘ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
MgMagnesium
Mgⓘ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
CaCalcium
Caⓘ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2

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