Number 6 Mine

Past Producer in Washington county in Virginia, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
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. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10076352
MRDS ID W023323
Record type Site
Current site name Number 6 Mine
Related records 10252574

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.78705, 36.85147 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Glade Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wytheville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winston-Salem(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork Holston(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.78705, 36.85147

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VA DIV OF MINERAL RESOURCES.

  • Deposit

    MESA INSP.

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT JANUARY 17 AND 18, 1973.

  • Deposit

    MINE IS OPERATED BY UNITED STATES GYPSUM COMPANY. OPERATION INCLUDES A MILL.FROM 1975 EMJ DIR., ACTUAL ORE TONNAGE 188,828.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.