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Paint Bank

Past Producer in Craig 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 10067822
MRDS ID W000669
Record type Site
Current site name Paint Bank

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.272, 37.57089 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.6 MILES NE OF PAINT BANK, VA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Craig(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Paint Bank(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lewisburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bluefield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper James(hydrologic unit)

James(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(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 Craig

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 Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.272, 37.57089
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MANGANESE OXIDE NODULES IN CLAY FROM WEATHERED ORDOVICIAN, SILURIAN, AND DEVONIAN ROCKS. NO DIRECT MENTION OF COBALT, BUT CO CERTAINLY PRESENT. REFERENCE(1) (P. 215) MENTIONS..."BRIGHT STEEL-BLUE MANGANESE OXIDE..." (A STRONG INDICATION OF THE PRESENCE OF CO)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1934

Mining district

District name Sweet Springs

Comments on the production information

  • MN PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE FOR ENTIRE DISTRICT ONLY; 500 TONS OF GOOD-GRADE MN CONCENTRATE WAS RECOVERED AND MARKETED IN 1940

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • COBALT RESERVES PROBABLY INSIGNIFICANT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LADD, H.S., 1944, USGS BULL. 940-G, P. 199-217

  • Production

    REFERENCE(1)

  • Reserve-Resource

    UNPUBLISHED COBALT REPORT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO OPEN CUTS AND ONE UNDERGROUND STOPE; PITS AND TRENCHES AT PROSPECTS

Reporter information

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

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