| Deposit ID | 10080127 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W031210 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Vesuvius Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Fauber Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -79.17142, 37.91199 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 555 |
| Relative position | 2.2 KM (1.4 MI) NE OF VESUVIUS. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Augusta(county)
Virginia(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Vesuvius(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Buena Vista(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Roanoke(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Maury(hydrologic unit)
James(hydrologic accounting unit)
Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)
Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
George Washington 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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Virginia | Augusta |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Manganese Critical | Primary |
| Iron | Secondary |
| Cobalt Critical | Secondary |
| Nickel Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Goethite | Ore |
| Hematite | Ore |
| Lithiophorite | Ore |
| Manganite | Ore |
| Pyrolusite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud | ||||
| Rock unit name | Shady Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Shady Formation | ||||
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| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite |
| (1) | -79.17142, 37.91199 |
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| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Buena Vista Anticline/Steeles Tavern Syncline, Thrust Faulting, Ne-Sw Trend |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
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| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1901 |
| Year of last production | 1959 |
| District name | Lyndhurst-Vesuvius District |
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| Ownership category | National Forest |
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| Type | Operator |
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| Owner | South River Mining Co. |
| Year | 1956 | ||||||||||||||
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| Material | ORE MN | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^45.42% Mn, Average | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1957 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material | ORE MN | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^43.12% Mn, Average | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1958 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material | ORE MN | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^41.77% Mn, Average | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1959 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material | ORE MN | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^42.04% Mn, Average | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 91M |
| Overall depth | 49M |
| Overall length | 914.4M |
| Overall width | 300M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W031210 |
KNECHTEL, M.M., 1943, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE LYNDHURST-VESUVIUS DISTRICT, AUGUSTA AND ROCKBRIDGE COUNTIES, VIRGINIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 940-F, 198 P.
STOSE, G.W., MISER, H.D, KATZ, F.J., AND HEWETT, D.F., 1919, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE WEST FOOT OF THE BLUE RIDGE, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULLETIN 17, 166 P.
WERNER, H.J., 1966, GEOLOGY OF THE VESUVIUS QUADRANGLE, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 7, 53 P.
SPURGEON, R.C. AND O'CONNELL, E.J., 1958, SOUTH RIVER MINE WHIPS A TOUGH MN ORE PROBLEM IN VIRGINIA, MINING AND ENGINEERING JOURNAL, VOL 159, NO 5.
1940 DIREXPL VIRGINIA MANGANESE CORP.: WORKED MINE 1940-41, POSSIBLY LONGER; INSTALLED 3 JIGS, SHIPPED 1 CARLOAD IN 1941.
1955 DIREXPL SOUTH RIVER MINING CO.: BUCKET DRILLED SITE AND SHIPPED HIGH-GRADE ORE TO GOVERNMENT STOCKPILE BETWEEN JUNE 1956 AND NOVEMBER, 1959; MR. RICHARD SPURGEON, SR. MANAGED THE OPERATION, PROBABLY AIDED BY GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY.
DIREXPL WORKED INITIALLY AS FAUBER MINE (ONE SHAFT SUNK. AROUND 1908 WORKED BY MANGANESE CORP. OF VA.; TWO MORE SHAFTS BEING SUNK. BY 1917 MINING OPERATIONS CEASED. 16 CARLOADS WERE SHIPPED IN 1919, PROBABLY DUE TO OPERATION BY VESUVIUS MANGANESE CORP.
KNECHTEL (1943), ITEMS 8-11); VDMR FILES, ITEMS 1-4)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | IN JAN 1987,THE PIT WAS WATER-FILLED AND SCRUB PINE COVERED THE TAILINGS-DUMPS AND SURROUNDINGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1979 | Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) | Virginia Division of Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-JUL-1987 | Sweet, Palmer C. | Virginia Division of Mineral Resources |
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