Waggoner Mine

Past Producer in Greenbrier county in West Virginia, United States with commodity Manganese
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10156465
MAS/MILS ID 0540250002
Record type Site
Current site name Waggoner Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -80.24808, 37.89476 (WGS84)
Elevation 914

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Greenbrier(county)

West Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Alvon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lewisburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bluefield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Greenbrier(hydrologic unit)

Kanawha(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kanawha(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Monongahela National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States West Virginia Greenbrier

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Brallier Formation

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1933

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Glenmore Iron Estate
    Year 1974
  • Type Operator
    Owner Jackson Iron Corp. (Leasee)
    Year 1974

Comments on the production information

  • THERE WERE 75 TONS OF MN ORE MINED IN 1933.

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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