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Psilomelane from
Davis Mine, Shady Valley Mining District, Johnson County, Tennessee, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Psilomelane' (not an IMA approved species)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Psilomelane data
Locality Data:Click here to view Davis Mine, Shady Valley Mining District, Johnson County, Tennessee, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:737161
Long-form Identifier:1:3:737161:5
GUID (UUID V4):a796ddcc-e3c7-43fa-ae06-70913bd0c3a4
Nearest other occurrences of Psilomelane
5.5km (3.4 miles) Maxwell Mine, Shady Valley Mining District, Johnson County, Tennessee, USA
6.7km (4.2 miles) Wright prospect, Shady Valley Mining District, Johnson County, Tennessee, USA
7.0km (4.4 miles) Hopper prospect, Shady Valley Mining District, Johnson County, Tennessee, USA
7.2km (4.5 miles) Osborn prospect, Shady Valley Mining District, Johnson County, Tennessee, USA
9.3km (5.8 miles) Neely Mine, Shady Valley Mining District, Johnson County, Tennessee, USA
11.9km (7.4 miles) Silver Lake Mine, Mountain City Mining District, Johnson County, Tennessee, USA
12.0km (7.5 miles) Doe Valley Mine (Fritz Mine), Butler Mining District, Johnson County, Tennessee, USA
12.3km (7.6 miles) Wills Mine, Mountain City Mining District, Johnson County, Tennessee, USA
15.0km (9.3 miles) Blevins Manganese Mine, Stony Creek Mining District, Carter County, Tennessee, USA
15.0km (9.3 miles) Shouns Mine, Butler Mining District, Johnson County, Tennessee, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (volume)
OF EAST TENNESSEE BY G. W. STOSE AND F. C. SCHRADER Prepared in cooperation with the TENNESSEE STATE...minerals ___________ _________________ 8 8 Psilomelane _______________ __________________ Hausinannite...ores in Erwin quartzite. ' _ _ __ Oxide ores in Shady dolomite _ Oxide ores in Watauga shale : __ ___...________________ .__________________ Johnson County ___ ___ _ Shady Valley district _________________________ Reynolds...Hogback mine______ Davis mine_______ _ M. E. King prospect_ Maxwell mine___ _ _ Wright mine _______________-_________
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Tennessee Mineral Locality Index 300 T ennessee covers an area of 41,220 square miles in the southeastern...part of the state. Just prior to crossing the Tennessee River and continuing through the middle of the...Paleozoic sediments and rare igneous rocks of the Valley and Ridge, which change crossing the Great Smoky...Knoxville, Tennessee 37921 taparis@msn.com Figure 1 (top left). Calcite, 5.5 cm high, Elmwood mine, Smith...Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure 2 (above). Fluorite, 13.1 cm wide, Elmwood
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
manganite, pyrolusite, ramsdellite, cryptomelane,psilomelane, hollandite, braunite, and coronadite. Another...general, the depth from the surfaceto water in a district increases with the declinein rainfallandvariesfromplaceto...is found 50 to 100 feet belowthe surfacebut in mining operationsthe manganeseoxidesare foundas muchas...generallyhypogene,is presentwith an oxide suchas psilomelane,which in this belt is probablysupergene(Batesville...sville, Arkansas;Bradleyand Munroe Counties,Tennessee). D. F. HEWETT AND MICHAEL FLEISCHER 2. The
Report (volume)
............................ 71 Northeastern Tennessee........................................... 72......................................... ' 72 Shady Valley............................................................................... Cartersville district.................................................................................. Cave Spring district........................................................................................ 95 Tennessee..............................................
Report (issue)
CLINTON IRON ORE IN THE CHATTANOOGA REGION OF TENNESSEE, GEORGIA, AND ALABAMA; By ERNEST F. BURCHARD....one sense it comprises the so-called Rockwood district and may be considered to extend as far southward...ore is invariably left for roofs or pillars in mining operations, and much is necessarily impossible...ROCKWOOD DISTRICT. i LOCATION AND EXTENT. The Rockwood district lies in the Tennessee River valley between...principally in Roane County. Ore has been mined in many places along the west side of the valley between Spring
Report (issue)
HOUSE OF THE GEORGIA COMPANY NEAR \YHlTE , BARTOW COUNTY. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GEORGIA S. W. McCALLIE...Pyrolusite ....................................... . Psilomelane ..................................... . Wad ..................................... . MANGANESE MINING INDUSTRY ...•..••.......•...•..••••.••••.••.•••...quartzite ......................... : ...... . Shady limestone .................................. . Cartersville................................... . Appalachian Valley ........................... . Character of surface
Report (issue)
Manganese ore deposit Mining and preparation of St. Lukes Hospital tract .. Godlove mine .. /d ore 79 79...Geology ..: .. . . 8t 82 83 Manganese ore deposit Mining and preparation of Rhesa A. Orndorff ore bD...Mountain prospect Scott prospect .. . . . Powells Fort mine Location and geography ...r... ..... History and...counties Achenbach Bath . r00 t00 tract .. I00 County Stephenson prospect 101 101 Gillett prospeet... l0r Little Piney Mountain prospect Alleghany County X'alling Spring iron prospect r03 104 104 104
Report (volume)
Deposits of the James River-Roanoke River Manganese District Virginia GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1008 Geology...·Deposits oftheJatnes River-Roanoke River Manganese District Virginia By GILBERT H. ESPENSHADE GEOLOGICAL...particularly manganese, of the James River-Roanoke River district UNITED STAT.ES GOVERNMENT, PRINTING. OFFICE•...General statement ________________________ --------Psilomelane type ________________________________ -Wad _...production________________________________________ Prospecting, mining, and milling methods_________________________ Descriptions
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cryptomelane, a new name for the commonest ot?the "psilomelane" minerals. Am. Min. 27: 607-610, 1942. THE...unsatisfactory state,chieflybecausethe term "psilomelane" has cometo be usedto refer to any hard, massive...is needed. However, as statedbelow,the term "psilomelane"shouldnot be usedin this sense,but shouldrefer...identified shouldbe referredto as belongingto the "psilomelane type." This term is to be understood to include...Pyrol•usite.The namepolianiteshouldbe dropped. *Psilomelane•BaR00•s.2H20 (?), R = MnTMchiefly,alsoMnn, Co
Report (issue)
..:.:..... Appalaehian -ntguntains Appalachian Valley province .... Gnoenepsv Gnor,oev . 6 L2 .....Hamnton shale . 14 ID 22 25 Edwinquartzite.... Shady dblomite Watauea shale . . Upperiimestones of the...Malnganese :. 41. 4l General description Psilomelane lq 42 tq /2 Manga,rrite Pyrolusite Wad ...Creek or Seibel mine .. iocation geology ore Millins Vicinityof X'rontRoyal County BentonvilletoVauEhanStation...BentonvilletoVauEhanStation Dry Run or Compton mine. . . Bailey prospect .. . . Minei Run bank . Page Prospects near
Report (volume)
it helpful to refer to Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant, it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals of wide distribution...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish... 6 USEFUL MINERALS OF THE UNITED STATES. Tennessee........Mr. George H. Ashley, Washington, D. C...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found
Report (volume)
....................................... 102 District of Columbia ................................................................................ Tennessee.....................^...........................to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals that are widely...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products, but because they furnish
Report (issue)
Lower Cambrian rocks of the Rome Formation, the Shady Dolomite, and the Chilhowee Group are exposed. The... The Tablerock thrust sheet is composed of the Shady Dolomite and rocks of the Chilhowee Group. The rocks...miles west into Tennessee. The principal producing mine in this belt was the Cranberry mine at Cranberry...was written by Kerr (1875) before any extensive mining had been done. Bayley (1923) gave a rather complete...complete review of the literature on Cranberry mine. During the present survey the underground workings
Report (issue)
ON CERTAIN UNDEVELOPED TRACTS IN THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY, VIRGINIA. By D. F. HEWETT, G. W. STOSE, F. J....other extensive deposits like that at the Crimora mine might be discovered. The manganese deposits lie...lie along the east side of the Shenandoah Valley, at the foot of the Blue Ridge. For the present investigation...order of prospective promise. wide, and the Crimora mine occupies a central position in it. A preliminary...the rocks in the MANGANESE ORE IN SHENANDOAH VALLEY, VA. 273 lowlands and the necessity of resketching
Book (volume)
instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE:  area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles Eye Tunnel
Report (issue)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter I. Mining Districts of Counties and the State of Utah. .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter II. Mining Districts of Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 4 Mineral Localities Listed by County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Beaver County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Report (issue)
west-southwestward from Pulaski County, at the center of the State, to Polk County, on the west border. Eecent...Contains an article on the manganese deposits of Polk County, together with analyses and a general description...the manganese ores, methods of prospecting, and mining conditions. No detailed report as a result of...described and to the officials of the different mining companies for their uniformly courteous treatment...M. Nicholson, of Caddo Gap; Will Whisenhunt, of Shady; R. Lowery, W. E. Rainwater, and S. W. Sherrod,
Report (volume)
50. II. Tertiary History of the G-rand Caiion District, with atlas, by Clarence E. Dutton, Capt. U. S... Geology of the Comstocls Lode and the Washoe District, with atlas, by George F. Becker. 1882. 4°. xv...of 21 sheets folio. Price $11.00. IV. Conistock Mining and Miners, by Eliot Lord. 1883. 4°. xiv, 451 pp...Price $1.20. VIII. Paleontology of the Eureka District, by Charles Doolittle Walcott. 1884. 4°. xiii...46 pi. and maps. Price $1.75. XII. Geology and Mining Industry of Leadville, Colorado, with atlas, by
Book (volume)
ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA
Report (issue)
S. Geological Survey personnel of the various district offices. Each precipitation sample represents...Lower Cambrian rocks of the Rome Formation, the Shady Dolomite, and the Chilhowee Group are exposed. The... The Tablerock thrust sheet is composed of the Shady Dolomite and rocks of the Chilhowee Group. The rocks...BLOWING ROCK QUADRANGLE 81°30' Park f* CRANBER&Y MINE - ...miles west into Tennessee. The principal producing mine in this belt was the Cranberry mine at Cranberry
Book (volume)
ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA
Report (issue)
Division of Conservation DEPARTMENT OF MINES, MINING AND GEOLOGY Garland Peyton, Director THE GEOLOGICAL...Geologist, TVA Published in Cooperation with the Tennessee Valley Authority ATLANTA 1948 Georgia State Division...Division of Conservation DEPARTMENT OF MINES, MINING AND GEOLOGY Garland Peyton, Director THE GEOLOGICAL...the Tennessee Valley Authority ATLANTA 1948 LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL Department of Mines, Mining and...resources in one of Georgia's most active commercial mining areas. The report contains a manuscript on the
Book (volume)
.........................................437 Tennessee ...............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ..................................Co. Mining Districts ............................................................22 Arizona County Map.........................23 Arizona – Cochise Co. Mining Districts ....................................
Book (edition)
YEAR 1687"—DAVID T. DAY, CHIEF OF THE DIVISION OF MINING STATISTICS AND TECHNOLOGY WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...and consump tion, or better and cheaper means of mining, extraction, and convey ance to market, may in...correspondence has been carried on with geologists, mining engineers, and other local authorities, and various...mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to
Report (issue)
said to have been found in the mining the nugget Jim, Placer County, California, in 1871 by a small...Counties of California: Minerals and mineral lists Mining Districts of California Unvalidated entries in...The bibliography has been updated and expanded. County lists published by Collins (1) pp. 40-64, in Murdoch...resulting from references to the geographic term ''Mining District," especially in the pre-1920 literature. Widespread...deposits of the Mojave Desert area and of Death Valley by a group of U.S. Geological Survey workers, with
 
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