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Glade Mt. Mine

Past Producer in Smyth county in Virginia, United States with commodities Cobalt, Manganese
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  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 10227715
MAS/MILS ID 0511730002
Record type Site
Current site name Glade Mt. Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -81.34512, 36.83477 (WGS84)
Elevation 975

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Smyth(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cedar Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wytheville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winston-Salem(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper New(hydrologic unit)

Kanawha(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kanawha(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(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 Smyth

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -81.34512, 36.83477
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1942

Mining district

District name Glade Mountain

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Belmont Corp.
    Home office Pennsylvania
    Year 1974
  • Type Lessee/Operator
    Owner Sayers, O. E.
    Home office Virginia
    Year 1974
  • Type Operator
    Owner N. T. Dixon
    Home office Virginia
    Year 1974
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Glade Mt. Corp.
    Home office Virginia
    Year 1974

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1937,SAYERS SHIPPED 1101 TONS OF GOOD GRADE MN ORE. IN 19 TONS WERE SHIPPED BY N.T. DIXON. IN 1942-1944,GLADE MT. CORP ED 4174 TONS OF GOOD GRADE MN ORE. REC 010 COL 22 .63% COBALT FOUND IN SINGLE SAMPLE ANALYSIS REC 702, 703 AND 803 ENTERED IN 1976 BY SCHMIDT

Reference information

Reporter information

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

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