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Porter Iron Pits Mine

Past Producer in Wythe county in Virginia, United States with commodities Iron, Zinc
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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. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080148
MRDS ID W031235
Record type Site
Current site name Porter Iron Pits Mine
Alternate or previous names Porter Ore Bank Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.11453, 36.8048 (WGS84)
Elevation 745
Relative position 2.4 KM (1.5 MI) SOUTHWEST OF THE TOWN OF CRIPPLE CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wythe(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cripple Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wytheville(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)

Federal lands

George Washington National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

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 Wythe

Comments on the location information

  • 0.8 KM (0.5 MI) SOUTH ON COUNTY ROAD 740 FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROAD 602; 0.8 KM (0.5 MI.) WEST OF ROAD, WITH THE MINE SITE EXTENDING ON WESTWARD FOR ABOUT ANOTHER 1.3 KM (0.8 MI) ALONG THE NORTH BASE OF HUSSEY MOUNTAIN. THIS PROPERTY IS WITHIN THE PURCHASE BOUNDARY OF THE JEFFERSON NATIONAL FOREST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hemimorphite Ore
Hydrozincite Ore
Limonite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Dolomite Gangue
Limestone Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation Of Primary Sulphides

Analytical data

Result IRON ORE: FE-57.2%, P-0.111%, SIO2-4.73%.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 228
USGS model code 32b
Deposit model name Mississippi Valley, Appalachian Zn
Mark3 model number 42

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Clay Residuum;Shady Dolomite
    Rock description Clay Residuum;Shady Dolomite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.11453, 36.8048
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fry Hill Anticline, Popular Camp Overthrust, Syncline;

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Dip 70 DEG NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Clay Residuum

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1885
Year of first production 1885

Mining district

District name Cripple Creek Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Clinch Valley Coal And Iron Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Norma

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 21.3M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKED BY PITS, TRENCHES, AND SHAFTS. ONE SHAFT WAS 21.3 M (70 FT) DEEP. ONE OPEN CUT WAS 38 M (125 FT) LONG, EAST AND WEST, 18.3 M (60 FT) WIDE, AND 12.2 M (40 FT) DEEP.

Comments on development

  • THE MINE WAS WORKED FOR IRON ORE IN PITS, OPEN-CUTS, TRENCHES, AND SHAFTS ON THE NORMA PROPERTY BY AN UNKNOWN COMPANY, POSSIBLY THE NORMA IRON CO. THE MINE CLOSED DOWN AROUND 1885 AND WAS SOLD BEFORE 1887 TO THE CLINCH VALLEY COAL AND IRON COMPANY. FURTHER WORK DONE BY THIS COMPANY WAS NOT STATED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: MCCREATH AND D'INVILLIERS (1887).

  • Deposit

    MCCREATH, A.S., AND D'INVILLIERS, E.V., 1887, THE NEW RIVER-CRIPPLE CREEK MINERAL REGION OF VIRGINIA: HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 171 P.

  • Deposit

    CURRIER, L.W., 1935, ZINC AND LEAD REGION OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 43, 122 P.

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL ? DUG AND MINED PITS, TRENCHES, SHAFTS.

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL CLINCH VALLEY COAL AND IRON CO.-DEVELOPED FURTHER ?

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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