Mines in Carter County, Tennessee

157Total

5Active

Carter County, Tennessee has 157 mine and mineral deposit locations documented in federal records from the USGS and MSHA. 5 of these are currently active mining operations. The most commonly recorded commodity is iron, with 52 sites. The table below lists all recorded mines in the county with links to individual site details.

All Mines in Carter County

Mine	Commodity	Type	Status	Source
Elizabethton Quarry	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Active	MSHA
Hampton Stone	Quartz, Crystal	Surface	Active	MSHA
Watauga Quarry	Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC	Surface	Active	MSHA
Watauga Quarry Pit #40	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Watauga Stone Pit #40	Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General		Producer	MRDS
Bear Wallow Manganese Mine	Manganese		Past Producer	MRDS
Bear Wallow Mine	Manganese		Past Producer	MRDS
Bear Wallow Mine		Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Black Bear Hematitic Magnetite Prospect			Occurrence	MRDS
Black Bear Prospect	Iron		Occurrence	MRDS
Black's Prospect	Iron		Prospect	MRDS
Blevin Mn Mine	Manganese		Past Producer	MRDS
Blevins Manganese Mine	Manganese		Past Producer	MRDS
Blevins Mine		Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Blevins Prospect		Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Blue Spring	Iron, Manganese		Past Producer	MRDS
Blue Spring Mine-Stony Cr.dist.		Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Blue Springs Manganese Mine	Manganese, Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Blue Springs Mine	Manganese, Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Bowers Branch Prospect		Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Bowers Manganese Mine	Manganese, Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Bowers Mine	Manganese, Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Bowers Mine		Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Campbell Magnetite Prospect	Iron		Occurrence	MRDS
Carden Lyons			Prospect	MRDS
Carden Prospect		Surface-Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Carden Zinc Prospect			Occurrence	MRDS
Cardens Bluff Manganese Mine	Manganese, Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Cardens Bluff Mine	Manganese		Past Producer	MRDS
Cardens Bluff Mine		Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Cedar Hill Manganese Mine	Manganese		Past Producer	MRDS
Cedar Hill Mine	Manganese		Past Producer	MRDS
Cedar Hill Mine		Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Chestnut Ridge Magnetite Prospects	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Dr. Smith Prospect	Iron		Prospect	MRDS
Duvall Prospect		Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Elizabethton, Tenn. Bauxite	Aluminum		Past Producer	MRDS
Elk Manganese Mine	Manganese		Past Producer	MRDS
Elk Mine	Manganese		Past Producer	MRDS
Elk Mine		Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Ellis Magnetite Mine	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Ellis Mine	Iron	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Ellis/patrick/red Rock Mines	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Finney & Teegarden Hem . Mag. Mine	Iron		Prospect	MRDS
Finney and Teegarden Hematitic Magnetite Mine			Occurrence	MRDS
Fork Mountain and Harold Prospect		Surface	Prospect	MRDS
G.w. Stout Prospect	Iron		Prospect	MRDS
Granite Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Greenlee and Ray and Tester Magnetite Mine	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Griffin Prospect			Occurrence	MRDS
Griffith Prospect		Surface-Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Grindstaff Prospect		Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Hardin Prospect		Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Harold Prospect	Manganese	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Hatcher Prospect	Manganese		Prospect	MRDS
Hatcher Pyrite Mine	Sulfur-Pyrite		Past Producer	MRDS
Hatcher Pyrite Mine	Sulfur		Past Producer	MRDS
Heatherly Prospect	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Helenmode Pyrite Mine	Sulfur-Pyrite		Past Producer	MRDS
Helenmode Pyrite Mine	Sulfur		Past Producer	MRDS
Heupscup Ridge Magnetite Prospects	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Heupscup Ridge Prospects	Iron	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Heupscur Ridge Anomaly	Iron		Occurrence	MRDS
Hodge Iron Ore Bank	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Hodge Iron Ore Banks	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Hodge Manganese Prospect			Occurrence	MRDS
Hodge Ore Banks	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Hodge Ore Banks		Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Hodge Ore Banks	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Horse Shoe Magnetite Prospect	Iron		Occurrence	MRDS
Howard Anomaly	Iron		Occurrence	MRDS
Hurley Mine	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Hyder Prospect		Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Jenkins Manganese Mine	Manganese		Past Producer	MRDS
Jenkins Mine	Manganese		Past Producer	MRDS
Jenkins Mine		Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Jess Heatherly Prospect		Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Julian Magnetite Prospect	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Keenburg Prospect	Manganese		Prospect	MRDS
Limonite Ore Bank	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Limonite Ore Bank	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Limonite Ore Bank	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Lipps Ridge Prospect		Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Little Stony Creek Mine	Manganese, Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Little Stony Creek Mine	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Little Stony Creek Mine		Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Lost Cove Prospect	Iron		Prospect	MRDS
Lunsford Hematitic Magnetite Prospe	Iron		Prospect	MRDS
Lunsford Hematitic Magnetite Prospect			Occurrence	MRDS
Lyons Prospect		Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Mays Ridge Hem. Magnetite Prospect	Iron		Prospect	MRDS
Mays Ridge Hematitic Magnetite Prospect			Occurrence	MRDS
Middle Ridge Manganese Mine	Manganese		Past Producer	MRDS
Middle Ridge Mine		Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Middle Ridge/taylor Ridge Mines	Manganese		Past Producer	MRDS
Miller Magnetite Prospect			Occurrence	MRDS
Miller Magnetite Prospect	Iron		Prospect	MRDS
Miller Prospect		Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Montgomery and Cordell Prospect	Iron		Prospect	MRDS
Naves Prospect		Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Nidifer Branch Barite Prospect			Occurrence	MRDS
Nidifer Branch Barite Prospect	Barium-Barite		Occurrence	MRDS
Nidifer Prospect	Iron	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Old Forge Magnetite Mine	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Old Forge Magnetite Mine	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Patrick Magnetite Mine	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Patrick Mine	Iron	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Patton Manganese Mine	Manganese		Past Producer	MRDS
Patton Mine		Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Patton/winter Mines	Manganese		Past Producer	MRDS
Peg Leg Magnetite Mine	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Peg Leg Mine	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Queens Station Bank	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Rabbit Station Hem. Mag. Prospect	Iron		Occurrence	MRDS
Rabbit Station Hematitic Magnetite Prospect			Occurrence	MRDS
Red Bird Hill Bauxite Mine	Aluminum		Past Producer	MRDS
Red Bird Hill Bauxite Mine	Aluminum		Past Producer	MRDS
Red Bird Hill Prospects		Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Red Rock Magnetite Mine	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Red Rock Mine	Iron	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Ritts Ridge Manganese Prospect	Manganese		Occurrence	MRDS
Ritts Ridge Prospect		Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Sam McCracken Spring	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
Sams Cove Prospect		Surface	Prospect	MRDS
School House Prospect	Iron		Prospect	MRDS
Siam Prospect		Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Stokes Hodge Prospect		Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Taylor Iron Ore Bank	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Taylor Iron Ore Bank	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Taylor Ore Bank		Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Taylor Prospect		Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Taylor Ridge Manganese Mine	Manganese		Past Producer	MRDS
Taylor Ridge Mine		Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Teaser and Ray Prospect		Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Teegarden Magnetite Mine	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Treadway Manganese Prospect			Occurrence	MRDS
Treadway Prospect		Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Turkeytown Prospect		Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Valley Forge Manganese Mine	Manganese		Past Producer	MRDS
Valley Forge Mine	Manganese, Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Valley Forge Mine		Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Vance Anomaly	Iron		Occurrence	MRDS
Vester Prospect		Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Watauga Bauxite Mine	Aluminum		Past Producer	MRDS
Watauga Bauxite Mine	Aluminum		Past Producer	MRDS
Watauga Point			Prospect	MRDS
Watauga Point Zinc Prospect			Occurrence	MRDS
White Manganese Prospect			Occurrence	MRDS
White Manganese Prospect	Manganese		Prospect	MRDS
Whitehead Prospect	Iron		Prospect	MRDS
Wilder Magnetite Mine	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Wilder Mine	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Wilder Mine	Iron	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Winter Manganese Mine	Manganese		Past Producer	MRDS
Winter Mine		Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Yokum Prospect		Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Younce Prospect		Surface	Prospect	MRDS