Flannigan Mine

Past Producer in Pulaski county in Virginia, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080212
MRDS ID W031315
Record type Site
Current site name Flannigan Mine
Alternate or previous names Flanagan Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.72366, 36.93424 (WGS84)
Elevation 576
Relative position 1.05 MI NE OF ALLISONIA FROM CHURCH ON R. 693.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Franklin(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Penhook(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Danville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greensboro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Roanoke(hydrologic unit)

Roanoke(hydrologic accounting unit)

Chowan-Roanoke(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Pulaski

Comments on the location information

  • TAKE DIRT ROAD SE FROM 693 TO #86 FE PIGMENT MINE, HOOVER COLOR CORPORATION. SITE OF SHAFT, NOW FILLED IN, IS 200 FEET ALONG DIRT ROAD ON EAST (LEFT) SIDE AT FORK IN DIRT ROAD, ON SE SIDE OF R.R. BED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

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 Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Shady Formation;Rome
    Rock description Shady Formation;Rome
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.72366, 36.93424

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Laswell Thrust Fault; Hiwassee Thrust Fault11
Type of structure Local
Structure description Delton Fault: Nnw Tranvesrs, West Side Up.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip 30 DEG. NW
    Length 100.58M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ALSO SEE ESPENSHADE, G.H., AND OTHERS, 1975, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE EAST HALF OF THE WINSTON-SALEM QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA - VIRGINIA: U.S. GEOLOGIC SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-709-B, 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:250,000

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Year of first production 1880

Mining district

District name Austinville Lead Zinc Iron District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Henderson Flannigan

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1007.36M
    Overall length 100.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • A 91.5 M (300 FT) ADIT WAS DRIVEN. TUNNEL TOWARD AND BENEATH RIVER, SAID TO HAVE CLOSED BECAUSE OF FLOODING (J.K. HOOVER, 1987, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION).

Comments on development

  • MINE OPENED BY A TUNNEL AROUND 1880, BUT APPARENTLY CLOSED SHORTLY THEREAFTER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCDOWELL, R.C., 1968, STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY OF MACKS MOUNTAIN AREA, VIRGINIA: UNPUBLISHED PH.D. DISSERTATION, VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY.

  • Deposit

    BOYD, C.R., 1881, RESOURCES OF SOUTH-WEST VIRGINIA: NEW YORK, JOHN WILEY AND SONS, 321 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    HOOVER, D., 1987, HOOVER COLOR CORPORATION, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION.

  • Deposit

    LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966, BASE AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED ORE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT NO. 7, 167 P.

  • Deposit

    1933 GEOLMAP VA. GEOL. SURV: ISSUED GEO. MAP OF VALLEY.

  • Deposit

    1975 OTHER R.B. NEUMAN: COMPILED MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-709-B.

  • Production

    BOYD, (1881, P. 40)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE SAID TO BE AT CONTACT OF "WHITE SILICEOUS LIMESTONE AND BLUE AND WHITE LAMELLATED WAVY LIMESTONE" (BOYD, 1881), PROBABLY SHADY DOLOMITE OVER ROME LIMESTONE AND RED BEDS. SHAFT FILLED IN. NO EXPOSURE AT SHAFT SITE.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1870'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 Meintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources
Updater 01-OCT-1987 Good, Richard S. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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