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Bugley Mine

Past Producer in Nelson county in Virginia, United States with commodity Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105426
MRDS ID VA01717
Record type Site
Current site name Bugley Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.72751, 37.69617 (WGS84)
Elevation 146
Relative position 1.9 MILES NORTHWEST OF WARMINSTER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nelson(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Howardsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillwyn(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roanoke(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle James-Buffalo(hydrologic unit)

James(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Nelson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.72751, 37.69617
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • NODULES IN RESIDUUM

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1865
Year of first production 1865

Mining district

District name James River - Roanoke River Manganese District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Holladay, A. R.

Comments on development

  • PROSPECTED BY TRENCHES AND SHALLOW PITS BY U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IN 1942.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PRODUCTION WAS ABOUT 2000 TONS OF ORE
Deposit Discovery Year: 1860'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1987 Sweet, Palmer C. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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