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Nuttal Manganese Mines

Past Producer in Appomattox county in Virginia, United States with commodity Manganese
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082518
MRDS ID W055360
Record type Site
Current site name Nuttal Manganese Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.92196, 36.48841 (WGS84)
Elevation 174
Relative position 0.89 AND 0.95 MILES W SW FROM JUNCTION 693 AND 605 (BECKHAM)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Person(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Roxboro(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Henderson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greensboro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Dan(hydrologic unit)

Roanoke(hydrologic accounting unit)

Chowan-Roanoke(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Appomattox

Comments on the location information

  • CAN BE REACHED BY DIRT ROAD 900 FT NE OF ROUTE 623, OPPOSITE ENTRANCE OF BUTTON MN MINE ON W SIDE OF 623. ROAD TO NUTTALL MINE IS ON EAST, 3700 FT N ON ROUTE 623 FROM JUNCTION WITH ROUTE 605.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Jasper Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Jasperization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Rock unit name Mount Athos Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group
    Rock description Mount Athos Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.92196, 36.48841
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Triassic Tectonism (?)

Ore body information

  • General form LENSOID AND NODULAR
    Strike N 60 E
    Dip 70 SE
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Synsedimentary, Remobilized; Stratabound To Calcareous Quartzites, Marble

Comments on the geologic information

  • MT ATHOS MARBLE CROPS OUT IN STREAM; BED N 40 E, DIP 65 SE; QUARTZ VEINS AND JASPER COULD BE TRIASSIC-JURASSIC HYDROTHERMAL TECTONISM (PIT EXPOSURES, FLOAT)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1945
Year of first production 1957
Year of last production 1957

Mining district

District name James River-Roanoke River Mn, Fe And Ba District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Nuttal Estate

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 15.24M
    Overall length 152.4M
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 LARGE OPEN PITS, ONE ON W SIDE OF POND AND UNNAMED STREAM DRAINING N INTO JAMES RIVER AND ANOTHER 800 FT NE ON E SIDE OF THE STREAM, WESTERN PIT IS 300 FT LONG, 30 FT WIDE, 8 FT DEEP (25 FT DEEP ON NW SIDE); EASTERN PIT (N 40 3) IS 200 FT LONG, 20-50 FT WIDE, 40-50 FT DEEP AT SW END IS SHAFT OPEN TO 10 FT; CRUSHING, GRINDING, WASHING EQUIPMENT APPEARS TO BE OPERATIONAL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ESPENSHADE (1954) P.94 NOTES 2 OCCURRENCES ON THE NUTTAL ESTATE. (NO. 20-21, PL.2) OF MANGANESE FLOAT THAT WERE NOT PROSPECTED. NO 20 IS PROBABLY THE "NUTTAL MINE" DESCRIBED IN THIS FIELD VISIT. NO. 21 IS PROBABLY THE MOORE PROSPECT. THIS MEANS THAT ANY ORE SHIPPED FROM THE NUTTAL MINE WAS PROBABLY IN THE PERIOD OF 1955-1959. ESPENSHADE (1954) DESCRIBES A BELT OF MN OXIDES AND CHERT FOR A DISTANCE 1 1/5 MILES "BETWEEN ROUTES 605 AND 623" AND 1/4 MILE SE OF GOWANS HILL. GOWANS HILL IS NOT SHOWN ON THE 1968 TOPOGRAPHIC MAP BUT APPEARS TO BE NE TRENDING DISSECTED RIDGE JUST SE OF THE JAMES RIVER AT A HORSESHOE BEND AND EAST OF PETTIJOHN ISLAND. ESPENSHADE ALSO INDICATES "BECKHAM" A 1/2 MILE FURTHER SW ALONG ROUTE 605 INSTEAD OF AT THE INTERSECTION OF 683 AND 605 AS SHOWN ON THE TOPOGRAPHIC MAP. THERE ARE SEVERAL MINES AND PROSPECTS INDICATED AS "NUTTAL." SOME OF THESE PROPERTIES HAVE BEEN CONTESTED FOR MINERAL RIGHTS FOR DECADES ACCORDING TO W.M. MARTIN (PERSONAL COMMUNICATION).
Deposit ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Deposit NW WALL WESTERN PIT IS ROTTEN MICA SCHIST N 50-60 E, 70 SE; SE WALL IS MN AND FE BEARING CHERT AND JASPER (BROWN); OPALINE CRUSTS SIO2 WITH DRUSY, PISOLITIC VUG FILLINGS MANGANESE ORE STACKED NEAR CRUSHER IS BLUE/BLACK AND BLACK NODULAR, SOME RADIATED STRUCTURE; FRESH SURFACE GLISTENING METALLIC BLACK; W PIT SHOWS MILKY QUARTZ VEINS N 25 E DIP 65 SE.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1940'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-87 AS Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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