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Big Spring Branch Mine

Past Producer in Page 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 10106239
MRDS ID W032028
Record type Site
Current site name Big Spring Branch Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.4125, 38.71198 (WGS84)
Elevation 259
Relative position 1.6 KM (1.0 MI) SOUTHWEST OF VAUGHN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Page(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Luray(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Front Royal(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 Page

Comments on the location information

  • 80 M (262 FT) NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROADS 611 AND 656.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Elbrook Formation;Clay Residuum
    Rock description Elbrook Formation;Clay Residuum

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.4125, 38.71198
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend
Type of structure Local
Structure description Vaughn Fault Zone Is About 1.6 Km (1.0 Mi) To The East.

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

  • IN 1982, A WATERFILLED OPENCUT, SEVERAL SMALL TRENCHES AND PITS, AND DUMPS WERE EVIDENT. NO ORE WAS SEEN ON THE DUMPS.

Comments on development

  • BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN WORKED IN THE LATE 1800'S. LOCAL RESIDENTS STATE THAT THE MINE FLOODED ONE NIGHT WHILE THE WORKERS WERE OUT TO DINNER, AND WAS NEVER REOPENED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHERRYWELL, C.H., 1982- PERSONAL COMMUNICATION

  • Deposit

    ADKINS, G.E., 1982- PERSONAL COMMUNICATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT APPARENTLY WAS IN CLAY OVERLYING THE ELBROOK FORMATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1982 Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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