| Deposit ID | 10008886 |
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| MRDS ID | D001371 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Irish Creek Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Cash Mine, Panther Run Mine |
| Included sites | No. 1 Workings Irish Creek, No. 2 Workings |
| Geographic coordinates: | -79.16336, 37.84977 (WGS84) |
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| Elevation | 762 |
| Relative position | 2.7 KM (1.7 MI) SW OF MONTEBELLO. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Rockbridge(county)
Virginia(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Montebello(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Buena Vista(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Roanoke(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Maury(hydrologic unit)
James(hydrologic accounting unit)
Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)
Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
George Washington National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
George Washington and Jefferson National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Virginia | Rockbridge |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tin Critical | Primary |
| Tungsten Critical | Secondary |
| Beryllium Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Beryl | Ore |
| Cassiterite | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Wolframite | Ore |
| Ankerite | Gangue |
| Biotite | Gangue |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Fluorite | Gangue |
| Muscovite | Gangue |
| Siderite | Gangue |
| Sphalerite | Gangue |
| Result | AVG CONTENT OF NO 1 WORKINGS: 1% SN (KOSCHMANN AND OTHERS, (1942). BE ANALYZED AS VARYING FROM 0.0006 TO 0.67% BY LESURE, F G, KIILSGAARD, T H, BROWN, C E, AND MROSE, M E, 1963, BERYLLIUM IN THE TIN DEPOSITS OF IRISH CREEK, VIRGINIA, IN SHORT PAPERS IN GEOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY, ARTICLES 1-59: US GEOL SURV PROF PAPER 475-B, P B12-B15. |
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| Model code | 49 |
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| USGS model code | 15c |
| Deposit model name | Sn greisen |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
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| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Pedlar Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Pedlar Formation | ||||
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| (1) | -79.16336, 37.84977 |
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| Type of structure | Regional |
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| Structure description | Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Pedlar Massif |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Minor Faulting Evident In Host Rock |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
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| Strike | NE |
| Dip | SE |
| Thickness | 1.5M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1846 |
| Discoverer | Martha D Cash (Rediscoverer In 1882) |
| Year of first production | 1884 |
| District name | Northern Section - Blue Ridge Province |
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| Ownership category | Private |
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| Type | Operator |
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| Owner | Richards Co, Inc. |
| Type | Owner |
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| Owner | Owens-Illinois |
| Year | 1892 | ||||||||||||||
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| Period | 1890-1892 | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1919 | ||||||||||||||
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| Period | 1918-1919 | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
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| Length | 392M |
| Overall depth | 47.6M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D001371 |
FERGUSON, H G, 1918, TIN DEPOSITS NEAR IRISH CREEK, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 15-A, 40 P
LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.
KOSCHMANN, A H, GLASS, J J, VHAY, J S, 1942, TIN DEPOSITS OF IRISH CREEK, VIRGINIA: U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 936-K, 26 P
SWEET, P C AND BELL, S C, 1980, METALLIC MINERALIZATION IN THE BLUE RIDGE PROVINCE OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, IN PREPARATION.
LEMMON, D.M., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, UNPUBLISHED DATA.
FORDHAM, O.M., JR, 1978, STREAM SEDIMENT GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE IRISH CREEK TIN DISTRICT, ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY, VIRGINIA, IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO VIRGINIA GEOLOGY-ILL: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 7, P. 75-85.
1883 DIREXPL COMMENCED DEVELOPMENT ENDING IN 1919.
1942 DIREXPL BETHLEHEM STEEL CO: DRILLED EXPLORATORY HOLES.
1973 GEOCHEM VA DIV MIN RES: STREAM-SEDIMENT ANALSES (FORDHAM, 1978)
KOSCHMANN AND OTHERS (1942)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SMALL AMOUNT OF WOLFRAMITE AND SCHEELITE IN TIN DEPOSITS ALONG THE HEADWATERS OF IRISH CREEK ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF STEELE'S TAVERN. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-73 | Elliott, James E. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 09-JUN-95 | Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) | U.S. Geological Survey | PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD |
| Editor | 04-JAN-11 | Nicholson, S.W. | U.S. Geological Survey | reviewed location and identified two other records (10179581 and 10131281) as subsets of this record |
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