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Fishersville Mine

Past Producer in Augusta county in Virginia, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080667
MRDS ID W032002
Record type Site
Current site name Fishersville Mine
Alternate or previous names Fisherville Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.9753, 38.07838 (WGS84)
Elevation 445
Relative position 2.2 KM (1.4 MI) SOUTH OF FISHERSVILLE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Augusta(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Waynesboro West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Charlottesville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlottesville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Shenandoah(hydrologic unit)

Potomac(hydrologic accounting unit)

Potomac(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Augusta

Comments on the location information

  • APPROXIMATELY 0.6 KM (0.4 MI) SOUTHWEST ON STATE ROAD 630 FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROAD 640 TO A DRIVEWAY, TURN SOUTHEAST AND FOLLOW DRIVE TO HOUSE AT BASE OF GIBSON HILL, MINE IS IN WOODS DIRECTLY BEHIND HOUSE. ADDITIONAL WORKINGS FOUND ON CAVE HILL TO THE SOUTHWEST AND ON THE NEXT RIDGE TO THE NORTHEAST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • IRON ORE IS CLASSIFIED AS MOUNTAIN BROWN ORE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Chert Gangue

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;Beekmantown Formation
    Rock description Clay Residuum;Beekmantown Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.9753, 38.07838
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

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 1907
Year of first production 1907

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE CONSISTS OF SEVERAL LARGE OPEN CUTS UP TO 12 M (40 FT) DEEP AND SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS UP TO 3 M (10 FT) IN DIAMETER AND 1.2 M (4 FT) DEEP. ADDITIONAL PROSPECT PITS WERE FOUND ON CAVE HILL TO THE SOUTHWEST AND ON THE NEXT RIDGE NORTHEAST OF THE MINE IN 1981.

Comments on development

  • MINE WAS OPERATED SHORTLY BEFORE 1907.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOLDEN, R.J., 1907, IRON IN WATSON, T.L., MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA, J.P. BELL CO., PP. 402-491

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT OCCURRED IN CLAY. MANGANESE CRUSTS WERE FOUND ON SOME OF THE PIECES OF LIMONITE ON THE DUMPS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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