Manganese Workings No 2

Past Producer in Wythe county in Virginia, United States with commodities Cobalt, 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 10276643
MAS/MILS ID 0511970004
Record type Site
Current site name Manganese Workings No 2
Alternate or previous names Big Lick

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -81.04701, 36.89757 (WGS84)
Elevation 945

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wythe(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wytheville(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Wythe

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -81.04701, 36.89757

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 Lick Mountain

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sand Mt. Sand Corp.
    Home office Virginia
    Year 1974

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1905,300 TONS OF HIGH GRADE ORE WERE SHIPPED BY FREDMAN., 300 TONS OF MN ORE WERE SHIPPED BY SHAFFER. IN 1942, 92 LONG F 24% MN ORE SHIPPED. REC 010 COL 22 ENTERED IN 1976 BY SCHMIDT. COBALT REPORTED 7

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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