Clarke County Quarry & Mill

Past Producer in Craig county in 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. Mining district
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10203554
MAS/MILS ID 0510450001
Record type Site
Current site name Clarke County Quarry & Mill

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -80.25338, 37.57756 (WGS84)
Elevation 610

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Craig(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Paint Bank(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lewisburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bluefield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper James(hydrologic unit)

James(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Jefferson National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

George Washington and Jefferson 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 Virginia Craig

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -80.25338, 37.57756

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1941

Mining district

District name Sweet Springs

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Blue Ridge Manganese Co.
    Home office Virginia
    Year 1974

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1940,STANHOPE,WIEDMAN CO. SHIPPED 500 TONS OF GOOD GRADE IN 1941,BLUE RIDGE MANG. CO. SHIPPED 2 CARLOADS OF MN ORE.

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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