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Wright Bank

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067247
MRDS ID VA01733
Record type Site
Current site name Wright Bank
Alternate or previous names Tate Bank, Old Tate Property, Peery Property, Peery Bank

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.4226, 36.80786 (WGS84)
Elevation 981
Relative position 1200 FT. S 25 W OF MT ROGERS RANGER STATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Smyth(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Atkins(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wytheville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winston-Salem(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Holston(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Jefferson 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Smyth

Comments on the location information

  • AT HEAD OF GEORGES FORK OF THE HOLSON, SOUTH FLANK OF BRUSHY MTN. THE APPALACHAIN TRAIL GOES THROUGH WORKINGS ON OLD TRAMWAY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Analytical data

Result (MILLER, P. 93): MN 19.9%, P 0.36%, SIO2 7.62%, FE 33.60%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Shady
    Rock description Shady
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.4226, 36.80786
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • (MILLER, P. 93) "A FAULT WEDGE OF ERWIN QUARTZITE SPLITS THE BELT OF SHADY INTO TWO PARTS ABOUT 1000 FT EAST OF THE MINE. THE PROTECTION OF THIS FAULT LINE WESTWARD WOULD PASS VERY CLOSE TO THE WRIGHT BANK." YELLOW CLAY IS DOMINANT IN PIT, BUT PATCHES OF RED AND BROWN CLAY ARE PRESENT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1850
Year of first production 1865
Year of last production 1945

Mining district

District name Pulaski-Wythe

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Forest Service

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall length 609.6M
    Overall width 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • SKETCH MAP OF WORKINGS IN MILLER (1944, P. 94). IN 1919: AN OPEN PIT 150' LONG, 75' WIDE, 30' HIGH WALL FOUR VERTICAL SHAFTS IN BOTTOM OF PIT AND SEVERAL HORIZONTAL DRIFTS. POND IS LOCATED AT PIT IN 1988 AND FOREST SERVICE HAS NOT RECLAIMED IT BUT DEVELOPED IT INTO A WILDLIFE STUDY AREA. SHAFTS WERE FILLED IN IN THE 1940'S-1950'S.

Comments on development

  • WORKED FOR IRON DURING CIVIL WAR. EARLY 1900'S, 15 TO 20 CARLOADS OF MN CONCENTRATES SHIPPED FROM MINE. CLOSED THEN REOPENED AND WORKING DURING WWI (1917-1918) BY THE HOLSTON MINERAL CO. WHO SHIPPED FERRUGINOUS MN ORE. THE ORE WAS HAULED BY TRAMLINE FROM MINE TO WASHER ON SLEMP CRK. CLOSED AND REOPENED DURING WWII. A GASOLINE-ENGINE DRIVEN LOG BUDDLE WAS USED TO WASH ORE AT MINESITE INTO TAILINGS POND (STILL THERE). WATER CAME FROM WELL DRILLED FOR THIS OPERATION. FOREST SERVICE MADE INTO WILDLIFE MGMT AREA IN THE 1970'S.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MILLER, RALPH L., 1944, GEOLOGY AND MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE GLADE MTN DISTRICT: VGS BULLETIN 61, P. 93-94.

  • Deposit

    STOSE, G.W., MISER, H.D., KATZ, F.J. AND HEWETT, D.F., 1919, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE WEST FOOT OF THE BLUE RIDGE, VIRGINIA: VGS BULLETING 17, P. 152.

  • Deposit

    LEE ASHLIN, SUGARGROVE, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, 1988.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A LEDGE OF MANGANIFEROUS IRON IS IN ONE OF THE SHAFTS. ALSO OCCURS AS NODULES AND FILMS.
Deposit Discovery Year: MID 1800'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1988 Wilkes, Gerald P. (Sweet, Palmer C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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