Watauga, Carter County, Tennessee, United States

Alternative Names:	Carters Depot, Carters Station, Watauga
Type:	Populated place - a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work
Mindat.org Region:	Carter County, Tennessee, USA
Region:	Carter County, Tennessee, United States
Latitude:	36° 22' 14" N
Longitude:	82° 17' 48" W
Lat/Long (dec):	36.37066,-82.2968
Köppen climate type:	Cfb : Temperate oceanic climate
Elevation:	443m
Population:	444 (2017)
Mindat Feature ID:	4666008
Long-form Identifier:	mindat:2:6:4666008:6
GUID:	0

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Locality	Latitude	Longitude	Distance
Watauga Quarry Pit No. 40 (Watauga Quarry), Carter County, Tennessee, USA	36° 22' 26" N	82° 17' 43" W	0.4km (0.2 miles)
Carden Zinc prospect (Lyons prospect), Hampton Mining District, Carter County, Tennessee, USA	36° 20' 53" N	82° 15' 31" W	4.2km (2.6 miles)
Watauga Point zinc prospect, Hampton Mining District, Carter County, Tennessee, USA	36° 20' 8" N	82° 16' 5" W	4.7km (2.9 miles)
Broadway Tract (General Shale Products Corp.; Johnson City Pit), Washington County, Tennessee, USA	36° 19' 27" N	82° 20' 1" W	6.1km (3.8 miles)
Watauga Bauxite Mine, Stony Creek Mining District, Carter County, Tennessee, USA	36° 23' 42" N	82° 12' 23" W	8.5km (5.3 miles)
Red Bird Hill Bauxite Mine (New Mine), Stony Creek Mining District, Carter County, Tennessee, USA	36° 23' 33" N	82° 12' 11" W	8.7km (5.4 miles)
Keenburg prospect, Stony Creek Mining District, Carter County, Tennessee, USA	36° 23' 28" N	82° 11' 59" W	9.0km (5.6 miles)
Turkeytown Prospect, Stony Creek Mining District, Carter County, Tennessee, USA	36° 23' 27" N	82° 11' 54" W	9.1km (5.6 miles)
Miller Prospect, Hampton Mining District, Carter County, Tennessee, USA	36° 17' 3" N	82° 15' 5" W	10.4km (6.5 miles)
Blevins Prospect, Hampton Mining District, Carter County, Tennessee, USA	36° 16' 29" N	82° 17' 12" W	10.7km (6.7 miles)
Stokes Hodge Prospect, Hampton Mining District, Carter County, Tennessee, USA	36° 16' 15" N	82° 18' 8" W	11.1km (6.9 miles)
White Manganese Prospect, Stony Creek Mining District, Carter County, Tennessee, USA	36° 23' 28" N	82° 10' 4" W	11.8km (7.3 miles)
Winter Manganese Mine (Taylor; Powder Branch Mine; Patton Manganese Mine), Hampton Mining District, Carter County, Tennessee, USA	36° 16' 17" N	82° 14' 57" W	11.8km (7.3 miles)
Boones Creek Quarry (Washington County Highway Dept.), Washington County, Tennessee, USA	36° 23' 23" N	82° 25' 48" W	12.1km (7.5 miles)
Jenkins Manganese Mine, Hampton Mining District, Carter County, Tennessee, USA	36° 17' 24" N	82° 12' 15" W	12.2km (7.6 miles)
Elizabethton; Tennessee Bauxite, Hampton Mining District, Carter County, Tennessee, USA	36° 19' 59" N	82° 9' 59" W	12.4km (7.7 miles)
Sam McCracken Spring Occurrence, Carter County, Tennessee, USA	36° 15' 31" N	82° 17' 46" W	12.4km (7.7 miles)
Hyder Prospect, Hampton Mining District, Carter County, Tennessee, USA	36° 16' 19" N	82° 13' 36" W	12.6km (7.9 miles)
Treadway Manganese Prospect, Stony Creek Mining District, Carter County, Tennessee, USA	36° 15' 28" N	82° 16' 13" W	12.8km (7.9 miles)
Weavers Arm Prospect, Sullivan County, Tennessee, USA	36° 25' 41" N	82° 10' 23" W	12.8km (8.0 miles)
Valley Forge Manganese Mine, Hampton Mining District, Carter County, Tennessee, USA	36° 18' 25" N	82° 10' 36" W	12.8km (8.0 miles)
Holston Land Company - Marbleton Quarry, Unicoi County, Tennessee, USA	36° 15' 22" N	82° 19' 24" W	13.0km (8.1 miles)
Naves prospect (Nave prospect), Hampton Mining District, Carter County, Tennessee, USA	36° 18' 52" N	82° 9' 55" W	13.3km (8.3 miles)
Hodge Manganese Prospect, Hampton Mining District, Carter County, Tennessee, USA	36° 15' 2" N	82° 16' 45" W	13.4km (8.3 miles)
Hardin Prospect, Hampton Mining District, Carter County, Tennessee, USA	36° 19' 15" N	82° 9' 30" W	13.5km (8.4 miles)
Little Stony Creek Mine, Stony Creek Mining District, Carter County, Tennessee, USA	36° 25' 7" N	82° 9' 27" W	13.5km (8.4 miles)
Sam Brummett Prospect (Sam Brummett manganese mine), Unicoi Mining District, Unicoi County, Tennessee, USA	36° 14' 41" N	82° 17' 44" W	14.0km (8.7 miles)
Yokum Prospect, Hampton Mining District, Carter County, Tennessee, USA	36° 15' 36" N	82° 12' 40" W	14.5km (9.0 miles)
Siam Prospect, Hampton Mining District, Carter County, Tennessee, USA	36° 20' 21" N	82° 8' 8" W	14.9km (9.2 miles)
Tipton Prospect, Unicoi Mining District, Unicoi County, Tennessee, USA	36° 14' 12" N	82° 18' 22" W	14.9km (9.3 miles)

Minerals recorded nearby (within 14.9 km)

Rock types recorded nearby (within 14.9 km)

ⓘ Bauxite

ⓘ Shale

Regions in mindat.org that contain this locality

Region	Type

North America	Continent
North America Plate	Tectonic Plate
Appalachian Basin, North America Plate	Basin
SCAB Domain, North America Plate	Domain
Southern and Central Applachian, North America Plate	Accretionary Complex
USA	Country
Southeastern United States, USA	Area
Tennessee, USA	State
Carter County, Tennessee, USA	County

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