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Stange, Arms, Dismal Creek

Past Producer in Bland county in Virginia, United States with commodities Manganese, Cobalt, Nickel
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067821
MRDS ID W000668
Record type Site
Current site name Stange, Arms, Dismal Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.91647, 37.20035 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Giles(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mechanicsburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Radford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bluefield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle New(hydrologic unit)

Kanawha(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kanawha(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(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 Bland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.91647, 37.20035
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MANGANESE OXIDE NODULES IN WEATHERED SILURIAN AND DEVONIAN ROCKS. REFERENCE(2)REPORTS 0.11 TO 0.53% COBALT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1917

Mining district

District name Flat Top Mountain

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES PROBABLY INSIGNIFICANT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LADD, H.S., AND STEAD, F.W., 1944, USGS BULL. 940-H, P. 219-245

  • Deposit

    PIERCE, W.G., 1944, USGS BULL. 940-J, P. 265-285

  • Deposit

    STOSE, G.W., AND MISER, H.D., 1922, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 23, P. 134-142

  • Production

    REFERENCE(1)

  • Reserve-Resource

    UNPUBLISHED COBALT REPORT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL LARGE OPEN CUTS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1972 Coury, Anny B. U.S. Geological Survey

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