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Mikes Knob Mine

Past Producer in Augusta 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106236
MRDS ID W032004
Record type Site
Current site name Mikes Knob Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.84307, 38.08227 (WGS84)
Elevation 494
Relative position 1.6 KM (1.0 MI) EAST-NORTHEAST OF WAYNESBORO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Augusta(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Waynesboro East(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

  • FROM U.S. ROUTE 340 TURN EAST ON SHENANDOAH AVE. FOR TWO BLACKS TO FOREST AVE., TURN NORTH ON FOREST FOR TWO BLOCKS AND TURN EAST, ROAD CHANGES TO 751, FOLLOW TO END OF ROAD, FOLLOW DIRT ROAD PAST CABIN TO WHERE ROAD BRANCHES INTO 3 FORKS, TAKE MIDDLE FORK: WORKINGS START AT THIS POINT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Alluvial Fans;Antietam Formation
    Rock description Alluvial Fans;Antietam Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.84307, 38.08227
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium
Type of structure Local
Structure description Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 LARGE OPEN CUTS, 2 OF WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN CONNECTED BY A TUNNEL, AND AT LEAST 25 PITS AND SMALL TRENCHES WERE SEEN IN 1981. LARGEST OPEN CUT WAS 55 M (180 FT) LONG, 6 M (20 FT) WIDE, AND UP TO 4.6 M (15 FT) DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GATHRIGHT, T.M., II, HENIKA,W.S., AND SULLIVAN, J.L., III, 1977, GEOLOGY OF THE WAYNESBORO EAST AND WAYNESBORO WEST QUADRANGLES, VIRGINIA: VDMR PUB 3, 53 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MN OCCURS AS STAINS, VEINLETS, AND NODULES WITHIN THE ANTIETAM FORMATION.

Reporter information

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

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