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Compton 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106243
MRDS ID W032054
Record type Site
Current site name Compton Mine
Alternate or previous names Dry Run Mine, Mineral Products Co. Mine, Shenandoah Mining Co. Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.35778, 38.76921 (WGS84)
Elevation 259
Relative position 1.8 KM (1.1 MI) SOUTHEAST OF COMPTON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Page(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bentonville(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

  • ON THE NORTHEAST END OF BROADUS MOUNTAIN 100 M (328 FT) WEST OF MINE RUN AND 0.34 KM (0.2 MI) SOUTH OF STATE ROAD 662, 1.8 KM (1.1 MI) BY ROAD SOUTHEAST OF ITS INTERSECTION WITH U.S. ROUTE 340.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MANGANITE IS CRYSTALLINE IN CONCENTRIC LAYERS, THE NEEDLE-LIKE CRYSTALS OF WHICH ARE TRANSVERSE TO THE BOTRYOIDAL SURFACE OF THE ORE. PSILOMELANE IS LARGELY IN BOTRYOIDAL FORM.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Manganite Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore

Analytical data

Result SHIPPED ORE YIELDED 43 TO 48 % MN, 1 % FE, AND 8 TO 11 % SIO2

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Antietam Formation
    Rock description Antietam Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.35778, 38.76921
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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 Thrust Fault East And West Of Mine

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 25 DEG E
    Dip 75 DEG SE
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Joint And Bedding Planes And Fractures In The Sandstone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1910
Discoverer Dry Run Mining And Development Company (?)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Compton Manganese Corp.

Production statistics

  • Year 1917
    Material ORE MN
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^35 % Or More Mn: Valued At $27,640
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 35wt-pct
  • Year 1918
    Material ORE MN
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^35 % Or More Mn: Valued At $13,336
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 35wt-pct
  • Year 1920
    Material ORE MN
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^44.8 % Mn, 0.171 % P, 7.3 % Sio2, No Fe
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    SiO2 Ore Silica Silica 7wt-pct
    Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 0wt-pct
    Ore Manganese Manganese 45wt-pct
  • Year 1921
    Material ORE MN
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^45.6 % Mn, 0.173 % P, 6.49 % Sio2, No Fe
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    SiO2 Silica Silica 6wt-pct
    Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 0wt-pct
    Ore Manganese Manganese 46wt-pct
  • Year 1923
    Material ORE MN
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^42.65 % Mn, 0.164 % P, 9.85 % Sio2, 1.7 % Fe
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Iron Iron 2wt-pct
    SiO2 Silica Silica 10wt-pct
    Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 0wt-pct
    Ore Manganese Manganese 43wt-pct
  • Year 1925
    Material ORE MN
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^44.4 % Mn, Valued At $1,201
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 44wt-pct
  • Year 1926
    Material ORE MN
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^44.62 % Mn, Valued At $2,632
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 45wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • MINE WAS IDLE IN 1919, 1922, 1924, 1927-1955.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTED OF AN OPENCUT, SHAFT, TUNNEL, PITS, AND DUMPS. THE TUNNEL WAS 91.5 M (300 FT) LONG. IN 1982 ONLY THE OPENCUT WAS VISIBLE, THE TUNNEL AND SHAFT HAVING CAVED IN. NO ORE WAS SEEN ON THE DUMPS.

Comments on development

  • MINE WAS OPENED IN OR SHORTLY BEFORE 1910 BY THE DRY RUN MINING AND DEVELOPMENT COMPANY. THE COMPTON MANGANESE CORP. OPERATED THE MINE INTERMITTENTLY FROM 1916-1918. THE PITTSBURG MANGANESE CORP. OPERATED MINE FROM 1920-1926, EXCEPT FOR A SHORT TIME IN 1925 WHEN THEY LEASED THE MINE TO OLD DOMINION MANGANESE MINING AND REFINING CO., WHICH SHIPPED TWO CARLOADS BEFORE DEFAULTING, AFTER WHICH PITTSBURGH MANGANESE CORP. RESUMED OPERATION. THE COMPTON MANGANESE CORP. REOPENED THE MINE IN 1956. THE MINE HAS BEEN CLOSED SINCE 1957. THE ROCK IN THE MINE WAS BROKEN DOWN BY BLASTING AND FURTHER CRUSHED AT THE MILL, WASHED, CONCENTRATED, AND HAND PICKED. THE ORE WAS CRUSHED RATHER FINE TO REMOVE THE INCLUDED SANDSTONE, RESULTING IN A PRODUCT WHICH WAS MOSTLY SMALL PARTICLES. THE PRODUCT WAS HAULED BY WAGON TO THE RAILROAD AT COMPTON.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STOSE, G.W., MISER, H.D, KATZ, F.J., AND HEWETT, D.F., 1919, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE WEST FOOT OF THE BLUE RIDGE, VIRGINIA: VA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 17, 166 P.

  • Deposit

    ALLEN, R.M., JR., 1967, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF PAGE COUNTY: VDMR BULL. 81, 78 P.

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P., 1972, VIRGINIA MINES AND MINERALS: ROCKS AND MINERALS MAGAZINE, VOL 47, NO. 6, P. 369-371.

  • Deposit

    HARDER, E.C., 1910, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES: USGS BULL. 427, 298 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE ZONE REPORTED TO BE 30.5 M (100 FT) WIDE IN THE TUNNEL, BUT STOSE, ET. AL., (1919) REPORTED THE ORE ZONE DID NOT APPEAR TO BE OVER 6 M (20 FT) WIDE IN THE OPENCUT. THE ORE OCCURS AS THIN SEAMS IN CRACKS AND SPACES BETWEEN BLOCKS AND FRAGMENTS OF BRECCIATED SANDSTONE AND ALONG JOINT AND BEDDING PLANES. THE SEAMS REACH A MAXIMUM THICKNESS OF 10 CM (4 IN), BUT THERE ARE POCKETS WHICH CONTAIN UP TO 100 POUNDS OF ORE. THE SANDSTONE IS BRECCIATED, SOFT, BUFF AND CRUMBLES READILY. THE MANGANESE CEMENTS THE SANDSTONE.

Reporter information

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

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