Reiss Viking Grinding Plant

Unknown in Tazewell county in Virginia, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10156012
MAS/MILS ID 0511859901
Record type Site
Current site name Reiss Viking Grinding Plant

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -81.60763, 37.11447 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tazewell(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tazewell South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bluefield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bluefield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clinch, Tennessee, Virginia(hydrologic unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Tazewell

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -81.60763, 37.11447

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Reiss Viking Corp.
    ID 4405607
    Year 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PROCESS OUT-OF-STATE MAGNETITIE FOR USE IN COAL

  • Deposit

    PREPARATION GRIND MAGNETITE INTO FINE FILINGS FOR

  • Deposit

    USE IN HEAVY MEDIA SEPARATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 10/21/1993
MSHA mine ID4405607
Mine name (MSHA)Tazewell
Current operatorReiss Viking Division
Current controller (parent)Koch Industries Inc
Mine typeFacility (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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