Winter Mine

Manganese past producer · Carter County, Tennessee

Past ProducerManganeseSurfaceUSGS MRDS

Section

What kind of site this is
ORE · MANGANESEBENCHESSECTION · ILLUSTRATIVE
1925195019752000today

discovered 1934

Drawn as an open-pit mine, dug down in benches from the surface. The ore color stands for manganese. Federal records note the kind of operation and its status, not its depth or layout, so this is a typical example rather than a survey of this site.

Location

StateTennessee
CountyCarter
Coordinates36.27069, -82.25565

Commodities

TertiaryManganese

Mine Details

StatusPast Producer
TypeSurface
Discovery Year1934
Data SourceUSGS MRDS
Source ID10299658
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Nearest Recorded Sites

SiteDistanceCommodityStatus
Patton Manganese Mine0.2 miManganesePast Producer
Patton/winter Mines0.2 miManganesePast Producer
Winter Manganese Mine0.4 miManganesePast Producer
Patton Mine0.6 miPast Producer
Miller Prospect1.0 miProspect
Treadway Manganese Prospect1.2 miOccurrence
Treadway Prospect1.4 miProspect
Lyons Prospect1.5 miProspect
Hyder Prospect1.6 miProspect
Blevins Prospect1.8 miProspect
Hodge Manganese Prospect1.9 miOccurrence
Sam McCracken Spring2.4 miMercuryOccurrence

What This Means

This mine is a past producer — it was once operational but is no longer actively mining. Past producer sites may still have environmental impacts including disturbed land, tailings piles, and potential water quality effects. Some past producer sites have been reclaimed, while others remain as-is. Check with your state mining or environmental agency for current site conditions.

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