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Eagle Cliff Mine

Past Producer in Wythe county in Virginia, United States with commodities Manganese, Iron
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067286
MRDS ID VA01777
Record type Site
Current site name Eagle Cliff Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.04787, 36.84257 (WGS84)
Elevation 683
Relative position 1700 FT. N45W OF JCT SR 642 AND 643 IN DOWNTOWN EAGLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wythe(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cripple Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wytheville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper New(hydrologic unit)

Kanawha(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kanawha(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Wythe

Comments on the location information

  • 1:24000 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1968 EDITION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Manganite Ore
Psilomelane Ore

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) -81.04787, 36.84257
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 20 DEGREES W
    Dip 16 DEGREES NE

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE ZONE OCCURS 130 FT. ABOVE THE ERWIN/SHADY CONTACT AND MAY BE 70 FT THICK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Year of last production 1900

Mining district

District name Pulaski-Wythe

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Eagle Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 60.96M
    Overall depth 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • IN LATE 1800'S, MINE CONSISTED OF TWO PITS (MCCREATH & D'INVILLIERS, 1887). 1988 FIELD VISIT: 200 FT. LONG EXCAVATION (ONE TRENCH) IN AN EAST-WEST ORIENTATION. LOCAL RELIEF OF TRENCH = 30 FT. WEST END GRADES UP TO SADDLE IN RIDGE, EAST END OPEN (MAY BE OLD ROAD GOING DOWN RIDGE TO CREEK FROM EAST END). SPOIL PILED UP ON NORTH AND SOUTH RIMS OF THE EXCAVATION. POROUS ORE FOUND IN SPOIL.

Comments on development

  • 500 TONS WERE SHIPPED TO IVANHOE FOR TRANSPORT ABOUT 1900 BY THE EAGLE MINING COMPANY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCCREATH, A.S. AND D'INVILLIERS, E.V., 1887, THE NEW RIVER - CRIPPLE CREEK MINERAL REGION OF VIRGINIA: HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 91 P.

  • Deposit

    STOSE, G.W., MISER, H.D., KATZ, H.J., AND HEWETT, D.F., 1919, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE WEST FOOT OF THE BLUE RIDGE, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 17, P 134.

  • Deposit

    CURRINS, I.A., 1988, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION: CRIPPLE CREEK, VIRGINIA.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANALYSIS (MCCREATH & D'INVILLIERS, 1887): MN = 46.215%, FE = 2.550%, P = 0.118%, SILICIOUS MATTER = 3.010%
Deposit Discovery Year: LATE 1800'S

Reporter information

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

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