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Lineberry, F., Mine

Past Producer in Carroll county in Virginia, United States with commodities Copper, Iron, Zinc, Lead, 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. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079989
MRDS ID W030862
Record type Site
Current site name Lineberry, F., Mine
Alternate or previous names Lineberry Mine, F. Limeberry Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.90564, 36.73314 (WGS84)
Elevation 805
Relative position 1.65 KM S10E OF HEBRON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carroll(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Galax(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 AND ELEVATION GIVEN ARE FOR A COLLAPSED UNDERGRUND ENTRANCE AT SOUTHERN END OF WORKINGS. WORKINGS EXTEND 1200 FT N35E, THEN TURN N60E AND EXTEND AT LEAST 900 FT. LOCATION FIELD CHECKED MAY 9187.5 MI) TO THE NE.

Commodities

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

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) Low Grade Regional Metamorphism

Analytical data

Result FE: 30%, S: 15%, CU: 0.3%, ZN: 0.3%, CO AND NI: LESS THAN 0.01% (KLINE AND BALLARD, 1949, P. 8-9.)

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 Group, Ashe Formation
    Rock description Lynchburg Group, Ashe Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.90564, 36.73314
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Fries Thrust, 3 Phases Of Regional Deformation.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Two S-Surfaces Visible.

Ore body information

  • General form POD/LENS
    Strike NE-SW
    Dip 30-45 DEG. SE.
    Thickness 38.6M
    Depth to top 3.4M
    Depth to bottom 127M

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 1800
Year of first production 1789

Mining district

District name Chestnut Creek Segment/Gossan Lead District/Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Virginia Iron, Coal And Coke Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Virginia Iron, Coal And Coke Co. (Francis Lineberry Tract).

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ESTIMATE IS BASED ON A 1300 FT (396 M) SECTION.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 15.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • 1859: CURREY REPORTED SIX SHAFTS, 15.2 M TOTAL. 1949: KLINE AND BALLARD REPORT THAT GOSSAN WAS MINED FOR ABOUT 366 M, WITH SEVERAL TUNNELS, PITS AND SHAFTS SUNK ALONG OUTCROP. 1987: SOUTHERN SHAFT CONNECTS WITH A SHALLOW, WIDE PIT. THE TRENCH BIFURCATES AT NORTHERN END OF SHALLOW PIT AND THEN REJOINS AT A DEEP OPEN PIT (40-50 FT DEEP). TRENCH THEN SWITCH DIRECTION TO TREND N60E. WORKINGS AFTER THIS CONSIST PRIMARILY OF SHALLOW CROSS-CUT TRENCHES.

Comments on development

  • GOSSAN MINED FOR IRON AROUND 1789, SUPPLYING ORE TO THE BLAIR FORGE ON CHESTNUT CREEK. THE OPENING FOR IRON IS KNOWN LOCALLY AS THE "MONKEY GRAVE" FROM "MONGER'S GRAVE", NAMED FOR THE IRON MONGER WHO OPENED IT (CURREY, 1859). THE PROPERTY WAS OPENED FOR COPPER BY THE YARNELL MINING CO. IN THE MID-1850'S AND OPERATED UNTIL 1859(?). DURING THE 1890'S AND UNTIL 1908, THE MINE WAS AGAIN OPERATED FOR GOSSAN IRON. IN 1926, 13 EXPLORATORY HOLES WERE DRILLED BY GENERAL CHEMICAL CO. IN 1930, THE PROPERTY WAS CONTROLLED BY THE NEW YORK AND VIRGINIA MINING AND MINERAL CO. OF VIRGINIA (PARENT FIRM OF VIRGINIA IRON, COAL COKE CO. (?)). IN 1947- 1948, THE U.S. BUREAU OF MINES CONDUCTED EXPLORATORY DRILLING, CONSISTING OF 18 HOLES, TOTALING 1626.5 M.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CURREY, R.O., 1859, A GEOLOGICAL VISIT TO THE VIRGINIA COPPER REGION: KNOXVILLE, TENN., BECKETT, HAWS AND CO.; REPRINTED IN PART UNDER COPPER AND IRON REGION OF THE FLOYD-CARROLL-GRAYSON PLATEAU OF THE BLUE RIDGE IN VIRGINIA, ETC.: THE VIRGINIAS, 1880, V. 1, P. 62-64, 69-71, 74-77, 80-81, 95.

  • Deposit

    KLINE, M.H., AND BALLARD, T.J., 1949, INVESTIGATION OF THE GREAT GOSSAN LEAD, CARROLL COUNTY, VA.: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 4532, 39 P.

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, R.J., AND RAMAN, N.D., 1948, THE GOSSAN LEAD, CARROLL COUNTY, VIRGINIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT, 21 P.

  • Deposit

    CORRIVEAU, M.P., 1956, MINERAL DRESSING STUDIES ON THE GREAT GOSSAN LEAD ORE FROM CARROLL COUNTY, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE BULLETIN, ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION SERIES NO. 113, V. 49, NO. 11, 79 P.

  • Deposit

    CONLEY, JAMES F., 1985, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA PIEDMONT: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 59, 33 P.

  • Deposit

    1900 DIREXPL GOSSA N MINED

  • Deposit

    1911 RECON W.H. WEED: BULL. 455.

  • Deposit

    1926 DIREXPL GENERAL CHEMICAL CO. (ALLIED CHEM. CO.): CONDUCTED EXPLORATORY DRILLING.

  • Deposit

    1935 RECON C.S. ROSS: PROF. PAPER 179.

  • Deposit

    1948 DIREXPL U.S. BUREAU OF MINES: CONDUCTED EXPLORATORY DRILLING

  • Deposit

    1948 RECON R.J. WRIGHT N.D. RAMAN: OPEN-FILE REPORT.

  • Reserve-Resource

    C.T. HOLLAND IN CORRIVEAU (1956, P. 15).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRIKE OF THE VEIN BECOMES MORE EASTERLY IN NE SECTION. DEPTH TO TOP IS SHALLOWEST ENCOUNTERED AND DEPTH TO BOTTOM IS DEEPEST ENCOUNTERED IN U.S. BUREAU OF MINES DRILLING (HOLES H-8 AND H-1) (KLINE AND BALLARD, 1949).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1980 Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources
Updater 01-AUG-1987 Myers, Lesley L. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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