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Hopkins Mine

Past Producer in Tazewell county in Virginia, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025735
MRDS ID K001669
Record type Site
Current site name Hopkins Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.55315, 37.13257 (WGS84)
Relative position 2.4 KM (1.5 MI) WEST OF NORTH TAZEWELL. MINE IS WITH IN 100 M OF THE UTM COORDINATES GIVEN, BASED ON THE LONGITUDE AND LATITUDE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tazewell(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tazewell North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bluefield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bluefield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clinch, Tennessee, Virginia(hydrologic unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Tazewell

Comments on the location information

  • MINE IS ABOUT 0.3 KM (0.2 MI) NORTH ON STATE ROAD 635 FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROAD 16, THEN ABOUT 80 M (262 FT) WEST OF 635. OTHER WORKINGS ARE LOCATED ABOUT 0.4 KM (0.25 MI) TO THE SOUTHWEST ALONG THE CREST OF HUBBLE HILL.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Clay Residuum;Beekmantown Formation
    Rock description Clay Residuum;Beekmantown Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.55315, 37.13257
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults?

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 4.6M
    Length 30.5M
    Width 6.1M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 4.6M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Clay Residuum

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1880
Year of first production 1880

Mining district

District name Russell-Tazewell Counties Barite District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner E. O. Hopkins

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION FROM THIS PROPERTY IS NOT KNOWN, BUT RECORDS SHOW THAT DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 1904, 234 TONS OF BARITE WERE SHIPPED TO THE TRI-STATE MANUFACTURING COMPANY.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 15.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE CONSISTS OF AN OPEN CUT AND SEVERAL SHAFTS. THE OPEN CUT IS 30.5 M (100 FT) LONG, 6.1 M (20 FT) WIDE, AND 4.6 M (15 FT) DEEP NEAR THE SOUTHWESTERN END. THE VERTICAL SHAFTS ARE ABOUT 0.4 KM (0.25 MI) SOUTHWEST OF THE OPEN CUT AND ARE REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 15.2 M (50 FT) DEEP WITH HORIZONTAL TUNNELS EXTENDING INTO THE BEDROCK FROM THE BOTTOM OF EACH.

Comments on development

  • THIS MINE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST OPERATED IN TAZEWELL COUNTY AND THE WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN OPEN CUT AND SEVERAL SHAFTS. THE SHAFTS WERE LAST WORKED ABOUT 30 YEARS AGO AND THEN SUBSEQUENTLY FILLED WITH ROCK DEBRIS. IT APPEARS THAT THE SUPPLY OF BARITE HAS BEEN LARGELY EXHAUSTED. THE BARITE PRODUCED IN 1904 WAS SHIPPED TO THE TRI-STATE MANUFACTURING COMPANY. THE TOTAL PRODUCTION FROM THIS PROPERTY IS NOT KNOWN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966, BASE-AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED ORE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES REPT. 6, 164 P.

  • Deposit

    EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 53, 85 P.

  • Deposit

    ? DIREXPL E O HOPKINS- DUG SHAFTS, OPEN CUT, MINE

  • Production

    EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, VA. DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 53.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GRAY FINE-GRAINED DOLOMITE STRIKING N 80DEGE, AND DIPPING 35DEGSE, CROPS OUT IN THE SIDE WALLS OF THE OPEN CUT. AT THE SOUTHWEST END OF THE CUT IN AN END WALL, A FOUR-FOOT ZONE OF RED CLAY IS EXPOSED BETWEEN LIMESTONE LAYERS. THE CLAY CONTAINING BARITE FRAGMENTS EXTENDS FROM THE SURFACE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE OPEN CUT. THIN SEAMS OF BARITE OCCUR IN THE BEDROCK AND IN THE OVERLYING SOIL MANTLE. THE DIMENSIONS ABOVE REFER TO THE OPEN CUT. THE SHAFTS AND TUNNELS WERE DUG INTO BEDROCK WHERE THE BARITE OCCURRED. THE SHAFTS ARE LOCATED IN A BELT OF DOLOMITE WHICH LOCALLY STRIKE N 70DEGE AND DIP 35DEGSE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1973 Fagan, James M. Tennessee Valley Authority
Updater 01-NOV-1980 Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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