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Cove Branch Mines

Past Producer in Wythe 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. 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 10067296
MRDS ID VA01787
Record type Site
Current site name Cove Branch Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.04453, 36.81757 (WGS84)
Relative position 4000 FT., N 10 DEGREES OF JCT. CARROLL, GRASON & WYTHE COUNTY

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)

Federal lands

George Washington National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

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 Wythe

Comments on the location information

  • EAST SIDE OF COVE BRANCH, AT COLLINS COVE; NORTH FLANK OF EWING MTN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Iron 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) -81.04453, 36.81757
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • CONTINENTAL MARGIN ENVIRONMENT OF DEPOSITION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1825
Year of first production 1825
Year of last production 1875

Mining district

District name Pulaski-Smyth Limonite District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Virginia Ironcoal And Coke Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Private Land

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.809HA

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE CONSISTS OF TRENCHES LESS THAN 10 FT. DEEP. RESIDUAL MATERIAL IS PILED ALONG TRENCHES.

Comments on development

  • FIRST OPERATED PRIVATELY, LATER SOLD TO CROCKETT & CO., LATER TO VICC. ORE MOVED TO EAGLE OR RAVEN CLIFF FURNACE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WHITMAN, J.A., 1942, IRON IN WYTHE COUNTY FROM 1792: SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA ENTERPRISES, WYTHEVILLE, VIRGINIA, PP. 80-88.

  • Deposit

    PERSONAL COMMUNICATION (JULY 1987) - MR. S.P. MILLS, CRIPPLE CREEK, VIRGINIA.

  • Deposit

    GOOCH, EDWIN O., 1954, IRON IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCE CIRCULAR NO. 1, 17 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO ROCK OUTCROP IN MINE AREA.
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1800'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1987 Wilkes, Gerald P. (Sweet, Palmer C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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