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Hull Bank

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067250
MRDS ID VA01737
Record type Site
Current site name Hull Bank

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.21787, 36.78869 (WGS84)
Elevation 884
Relative position ON SOUTH FLANK OF SHEEP RIDGE ABOUT A MILE DUE NORTH OF ROBERTS MILL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wythe(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Speedwell(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

George Washington National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

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)

Little Dry Run Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Smyth

Comments on the location information

  • 8400 FT. N60W OF JCT SR 16 & 601 IN SUGAR GROVE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Shady
    Rock description Shady
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.21787, 36.78869
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1910

Mining district

District name Pulaski-Wyth

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Forest Service

Comments on the workings information

  • 1910 WORKINGS CONSISTED OF A CUT 40' LONG, 15' WIDE, & 20' HIGHWALL. WORKING OF THE 1940'S STILL VISIBLE AS A CUT 300' LONG, 100' WIDE, & 50 ' SLUMPED HIGHWALL. POND FORMED AT LOW PART OF WORKINGS.

Comments on development

  • FIRST WORKED ABOUT 1910 BY MR. HORN WHO STOCKPILED SMALL AMT OF IRON ORE. NONE WAS MOVED FROM SITE. AGAIN WORKED DURING WWII TO PRESENT SIZE. AREA NOT RECLAIMED AND SEVERAL PILES OF MN ORE (1" SIZE) ARE ON PROPERTY. SCREENS AND DUMPING PLATFORM STILL THERE BUT BEGINNING TO FALL IN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STOSE, G.W., MISER, H.D., KATZ F.S., AND HEWETT, D.F., 1919, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE WEST FOOT OF THE BLUE RIDGE, VIRGINIA: VGS BULLETIN 17, P. 150-152.

  • Deposit

    MILLER, RALPH L., 1944, GEOLOGY AND MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE GLADE MTN DISTRICT: VGS BULLETIN 61, P. 127.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE SUPPOSEDLY CAME FROM ONE LEDGE WITHIN THE SHADY (NO THICKNESS GIVEN).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1988 Wilkes, Gerald P. (Sweet, Palmer C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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