Mines in Johnson County, Tennessee
154Total
5Active
Johnson County, Tennessee has 154 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 manganese, with 37 sites. The table below lists all recorded mines in the county with links to individual site details.
All Mines in Johnson County
| Mine | Commodity | Type | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butler Stone | Construction Sand and Gravel | Surface | Active | MSHA |
| Doe Creek Quarry | Construction Sand and Gravel | Surface | Active | MSHA |
| Maymead Materials, Inc. | Crushed, Broken Granite | Surface | Active | MSHA |
| Dowell Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Dolomite | Producer | MRDS | |
| Potter Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Surface | Producer | MRDS |
| Ambrose Gentry Prospect | Surface | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Baker Bank | Iron | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Barker Tract Prospect | Surface | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Belle Hawkins Mine | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Belle Hawkins Mine/wright Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Bentley Prospect | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Betty Cornett Prospect | Surface-Underground | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Big Rock Prospect | Surface | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Blackburn Prospect | Surface | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Blevins Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Blevins Prospect | Surface | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Boiling Springs | Surface | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Burt Hawkins Prospect | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Butler Bank | Surface | Prospect | MRDS | |
| C.j. Sluder Prospect | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Cabbage Creek Prospect | Surface | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Cable Prospect | Iron | Underground | Prospect | MRDS |
| Chalk Branch Prospect | Manganese | Surface | Occurrence | MRDS |
| Clyde Bentley Farm Prospect | Manganese | Surface | Occurrence | MRDS |
| Clyde Taylor Prospect | Surface | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Cobb Creek Prospect | Manganese | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Cole Prospect | Surface | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Cornett Prospect | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Cress Prospect | Surface | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Daugherty | Prospect | MRDS | ||
| Davis Mine | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Doe Valley | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Doe Valley Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Donelly Prospect | Surface | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Dougherty Zinc Prospect | Occurrence | MRDS | ||
| Draught Creek Prospect | Occurrence | MRDS | ||
| Draught Creek Prospect | Barium-Barite | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Dry Run Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Dry Run Mine | Surface-Underground | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Dry Run Mine/young Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Dugger | Prospect | MRDS | ||
| Dugger Prospect | Occurrence | MRDS | ||
| East Tank Hollow Prospect | Surface | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Eastern White-Rock Phosphate Deposit | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| F.m. Bucannon Prospect | Surface | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Flint Knob Mine | Iron | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Flint Knob/little Mt. Mines | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Floyd Cable Prospect | Surface | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Forge Mountain Mine | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Forge Mt. Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Forrester Prospect | Surface | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Garland Prospect | Surface | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Gentry Prospect | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Goss Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Goss Mine | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Gregger Prospect | Manganese | Surface | Prospect | MRDS |
| H.j. White Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Ham Greer Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Ham Greer Mine | Surface-Underground | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Ham Greer Prospect | Surface-Underground | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Hogback Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Hogback Mine | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Holloway Prospect | Manganese | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Hopper Prospect | Manganese | Surface | Occurrence | MRDS |
| Huckleberry Ridge Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Huckleberry Ridge Mine | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| James Branch Prospect | Surface | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Jones-Shoun Prospect | Surface | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Kemp Shoun Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Kemp Shoun Mine | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| King Mine | Iron | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| King Prospect | Iron | Surface | Prospect | MRDS |
| Lipford Prospect | Underground | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Little Mountain Mine | Iron | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| M.l. Gentry Prospect | Surface | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Madron Prospect | Surface | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Mahala Prospect | Manganese | Surface | Prospect | MRDS |
| Mast Prospect | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Maxwell Mine | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| McQueen Prospect | Manganese | Surface | Prospect | MRDS |
| Middle Quarry | Quartz, Crystal | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Middle Quarry | Crushed, Broken Quartzite | Surface | Intermittent | MSHA |
| Miller Prospect | Surface | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Moody Prospect | Manganese | Surface | Prospect | MRDS |
| N.w. Harper Prospect | Surface | Prospect | MRDS | |
| National Metals Corp/ Shady Valley | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Neely Iron Pits | Surface | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Neely Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Neely Mine | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Neil Prospect | Surface | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Nelson King Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Osborn Prospect | Manganese | Surface | Prospect | MRDS |
| Pandora Mine | Surface-Underground | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Parks Gap Prospect | Surface | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Phillips Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Phillips Mine | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Proffit Prospect | Occurrence | MRDS | ||
| Profitt Prospect | Surface-Underground | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Roan Valley Plant | Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC | Surface | Abandoned | MSHA |
| Robbin Hollow Prospect | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Scott Prospect | Occurrence | MRDS | ||
| Scott Prospect | Cobalt | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Scott Prospect | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Sebert Prospect | Manganese | Surface | Occurrence | MRDS |
| Sheets Prospect | Surface | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Shouns Mine | Iron | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Shouns Mine | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Shouns Prospect | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Silver Lake Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Silver Lake Mine | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Silver Lake Prospect | Surface | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Sink Mountain Prospect | Surface | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Spear Branch Prospect | Surface | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Spice Branch Prospect | Surface | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Stalcup Prospect | Surface | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Stanton Prospect | Surface | Prospect | MRDS | |
| State Line Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| State Line Mine | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Sutherland Prospect | Occurrence | MRDS | ||
| Taylor Prospect | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Taylor Valley Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Taylor Valley Mine | Surface-Underground | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Unnamed Iron Prospect | Prospect | MRDS | ||
| Unnamed Iron Prospect | Prospect | MRDS | ||
| Unnamed Iron Prospect | Prospect | MRDS | ||
| Unnamed Iron Prospect | Occurrence | MRDS | ||
| Unnamed Iron Prospect | Prospect | MRDS | ||
| Unnamed Iron Prospects 4 | Prospect | MRDS | ||
| Unnamed Phosphate Prospect | Prospect | MRDS | ||
| Unnamed Phosphate Prospect | Prospect | MRDS | ||
| Unnamed Phosphate Prospect | Prospect | MRDS | ||
| Unnamed Sulfide Occurrence | Occurrence | MRDS | ||
| Virginia Iron, Coal, and Coke Co. | Surface | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Wagner Property | Underground | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Wagner Zinc Prospect | Occurrence | MRDS | ||
| Walker Prospect | Iron | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Wallace Mine | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Ward Ore Bank Mine | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Watauga River Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Wautauga River Mine | Surface-Underground | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| West Tank Hollow Prospect | Manganese | Surface | Occurrence | MRDS |
| William H. Gentry Prospect | Occurrence | MRDS | ||
| Wills Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Wills Mine | Manganese | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |
| Wills Property Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Wills Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | MRDS | |
| Wilson Hill Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Wilson Hill Mine | Surface-Underground | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Wilson Hill Mine No. 1 | Manganese | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Wilson Hill Mine No. 2 | Manganese | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Wilson Prospect | Surface | Prospect | MRDS | |
| Wright Mine | Surface-Underground | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Wright Prospect | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS | |
| Young Mine | Surface | Past Producer | MRDS |