| Deposit ID | 10155179 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0510110001 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Moore Property |
| Alternate or previous names | Wreck Island Creek Mine |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -78.89534, 37.50696 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 152 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Appomattox(county)
Virginia(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Buffalo Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Dillwyn(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Roanoke(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Middle James-Buffalo(hydrologic unit)
James(hydrologic accounting unit)
Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)
Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Virginia | Appomattox |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| Ore Body (1) | -78.89534, 37.50696 |
|---|
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1954 |
| District name | James River-Roanoke River Manganese District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Minerals Only |
| Type of mineral rights | Private Lease |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Marvin Moore |
| Home office | Virginia |
| Year | 1974 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0510110001 |
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MAP NAME IS BUFFALO RIDGE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 25-NOV-1983 | Lyday, Travis Q. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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