Epling Moses Voight Gillespie

Past Producer in Giles 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 10227898
MAS/MILS ID 0510710007
Record type Site
Current site name Epling Moses Voight Gillespie

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -80.55869, 37.27897 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Giles(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eggleston(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Radford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bluefield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle New(hydrologic unit)

Kanawha(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kanawha(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Giles

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -80.55869, 37.27897

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1918

Mining district

District name Spruce Run Mountain

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Epling,Moses,Voight,Gillespie
    Home office Virginia
    Year 1974
  • Type Owner
    Owner E. L. Arthur (Option On Minerals)
    Home office Virginia
    Year 1974
  • Type Operator
    Owner Ben Johnson And Son
    Home office Virginia
    Year 1974

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1917, 1 CARLOAD OF ORE SHIPPED BY BEN JOHNSON FROM EPLING

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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