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Graphite Mine

Past Producer in Halifax county in Virginia, United States with commodity Graphite
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082560
MRDS ID W055404
Record type Site
Current site name Graphite Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.98281, 36.73146 (WGS84)
Elevation 140

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Halifax(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

South Boston(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

South Boston(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 Halifax

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 0.2 MILES OFF THE NW SIDE OF STATE ROAD 678 APPROXIMATELY 0.6 MILE BY ROAD E-NE OF ITS INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROAD 682. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1981)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Graphite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.98281, 36.73146
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MASSIVE GRAPHITE IN GNEISS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Garnett Martin Estate

Comments on development

  • MINED PRIOR TO THE CIVIL MINE ACCORDING TO LOCAL RESIDENTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KREISA, R.D., 1980, GEOLOGY OF THE OMEGA, SOUTH BOSTON CLUSTER SPRINGS AND VIRGINIA QUADRANGLES, VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 5, 22P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HILLSIDE PIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1987 Sweet, Palmer C. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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