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Kirkbride Mine

Past Producer in Carroll county in Virginia, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc, Lead, Iron, Iron, Pig Iron, Arsenic
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Production statistics
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079986
MRDS ID W030859
Record type Site
Current site name Kirkbride Mine
Alternate or previous names Kirkbrid Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.81147, 36.78646 (WGS84)
Elevation 777
Relative position 2.7 KM (1.8 MI) NNW OF FIVE FORKS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carroll(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sylvatus(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Galax(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 Carroll

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATE, NOT FIELD CHECKED, MINE WORKINGS PROBABLY EXTEND TO STREAMS TO NE AND SW. ON SE SLOPE OF RIDGE, ABOUT 0.8 KM (0.5 MI) NE OF EXTENSION OF STATE ROAD 744, 1.7 KM (1.1 MI) NW OF JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 705.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Iron, Pig Iron Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PAST MINING OPERATIONS CONCENTRATED ON SUPERGENE MINERALS (PRIMARILY COVELLITE).

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Cubanite Ore
Cuprite Ore
Galena Ore
Goethite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Muscovite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Regional Metamorphism

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 91
USGS model code 24b
Deposit model name Massive sulfide, Besshi (Japanese deposits)
Mark3 model number 30

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Lynchburg Formation
    Rock description Lynchburg Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.81147, 36.78646
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Fries Overthrust, Gossan Lead Overthrust, Plain Sulfide Zone Strikes N. 45 Deg. E. And Dips 30-60 Deg. Se.

Ore body information

  • General form POD/LENS
    Thickness 0.9M
    Depth to top 3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lenticular Troughs

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1861
Year of first production 1859

Mining district

District name Sarah Ellen Segment/Gossan Lead District/Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province.

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Kirkbride Mining Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Allied Chemical Corp. (Kirkbride-Vaughan Tract).

Production statistics

  • Year 1859
    Period 1859
    Material ORE CU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^14% Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 14wt-pct

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLY INCLUDES SARAH ELLEN, WILDCAT, AND CRANBERRY CREEK SEGMENTS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 27.4M
    Overall depth 3M

Comments on the workings information

  • CURREY (1859) REPORTED TOTAL DRIVAGE OF LEVELS AS 12.2 M AND TOTAL DEPTH OF SHAFTS AS 15.2 M.

Comments on development

  • MINING OPERATIONS BEGUN IN 1859 AND PROBABLY CEASED THAT YEAR OR IN 1860.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: PRE-CIVIL WAR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1980 Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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