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White Rock No. 1 Mine

Occurrence in Smyth county in Virginia, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese
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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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067272
MRDS ID VA01763
Record type Site
Current site name White Rock No. 1 Mine
Alternate or previous names Jarmans Run Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.28121, 36.78397 (WGS84)
Elevation 786
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 1750 FT., N 88 DEGREES E OF MT. CARMI CHURCH IN CAMP., Est Within 1000 Ft

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

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Smyth

Comments on the location information

  • ON NORTH NOSE OF RIDGE THAT IS BETWEEN CRIGGER AND HARVEL CREEKS, SOUTH OF THE JCT OF SR 798 AND 612.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

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) -81.28121, 36.78397
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOUND CHUNKS OF LIMONITE LYING AROUND SUSPECT AREA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875

Mining district

District name Pulaski-Wythe

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • REPORTED SEVERAL PITS AND TRENCHES. MOSTLY GONE NOW DUE TO HOUSE CONSTRUCTION.

Comments on development

  • SHALLOW PITS EXCAVATED IRON ORE WHICH WAS USED AT THE WHITE ROCK FURNACE (LATE 1800'S) . LATER, PROSPECTING DONE HERE FOR MN. (EARLY 1900'S). SITE IS NOW A HUNTERS CAMP WITH ONLY A HINT OF PITS AND TRENCHES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STOSE, G.W., MISER, H.D., KATZ, F.J., AND HEWETT, D.F., 1919, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE WEST FOOT OF THE BLUE RIDGE, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 17, P. 142.

  • Deposit

    OLD LADY AT CAMP STORE, 1988, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROBABLY LESS THAN 15 FEET OF ORE ZONE HERE.
Deposit Discovery Year: LATE 1800'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-88 Wilkes, Gerald P. (Sweet, Palmer C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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