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Norma Mine

Past Producer in Wythe county in Virginia, United States with commodities Iron, Zinc, Sulfur-Pyrite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080147
MRDS ID W031234
Record type Site
Current site name Norma Mine
Alternate or previous names Outburst Openings

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.09453, 36.79564 (WGS84)
Elevation 738
Relative position 1.95 MILES SSE OF TOWN OF CRIPPLE CREEK FROM RIVERBANK OF CRIPPLE CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wythe(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cripple Creek(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 Wythe

Comments on the location information

  • 1.15 MILES SOUTH ON COUNTY ROAD 740 FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROAD 602, 0.6 MILES FROM NATIONAL FOREST SIGN, ON LEFT IN WOODS, 0.25 MILE SOUTHEAST FROM ROAD. MANY SMALL PITS AND TWO OTHER MINES TO NORTH (LITTLE WYTHE AND BEVERLY MINES. MAIN WORKINGS AT HEAD OF RAVINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Sulfur-Pyrite Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hemimorphite Ore
Limonite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation Of Pyrite To Limonite

Analytical data

Result IRON ORE: FE-42.65%, P-0.12%
Result AVERAGE IRON ORE ANALYSIS FROM BOTH LUMP ORE AND WASHED ORE SAMPLES-FE-50.8% P-0.21%, SIO2-10.11% (MCCREATH AND D'INVILLIER, 1887, P. 112-113).

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Shady Dolomite;Erwin Quartzite
    Rock description Shady Dolomite;Erwin Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.09453, 36.79564
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend, Duplex Structure
Type of structure Local
Structure description Poplar Camp Overthrust, Fry Hill Anticline Brush Creek Overthrust

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET TO IRREGULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip 50 NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • NOTED WHITE DOLOMITE EYES WITH ANKERITE-SIDERITE RIMS AND TRACES OF MINUTE PYRITE CRYSTALS (<1MM).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1886
Discoverer Norma Iron Company
Year of first production 1886

Mining district

District name Cripple Creek - New River

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Pulaski Iron Co.

Comments on the production information

  • NO FIGURES GIVEN, BUT SOME SMALL SCALE PRODUCTION OCCURRED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTED OF SURFACE PITS AND SHALLOW SHAFTS (UP TO 6 M (20 FT.) DEEP). ONE ADIT EXTENDED 35 FEET INTO HILLSIDE. ONE LARGE PIT MEASURED 60 FT LONG, 12.2 M (40 FT) WIDE, AND 6.1 M (20 FT) DEEP. MANY OTHER SMALLER PITS.

Comments on development

  • NORMA IRON COMPANY STARTED OPERATIONS BEFORE 1886 AND DEVELOPED THE "OUTBURST OPENINGS" FOR IRON ORE. PROPERTY WAS THEN SOLD TO THE CLINCH VALLEY COAL AND IRON COMPANY. NO INFORMATION WAS GIVEN ON PRODUCTION WHILE THEY OWNED THE PROPERTY. THE PULASKI IRON COMPANY THEN BOUGHT THE PROPERTY AND OPENED THE NORMA MINE IN 1905. IRON ORE WAS PRODUCED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: HOLDEN, R.J., (1907) P. 458.

  • Deposit

    CURRIER, L.W., 1935, ZINC AND LEAD REGION OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 43, 122 P.

  • Deposit

    HOLDEN, R.J., 1907, IRON, IN WATSON, T.L., MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VA., J.P. BELL CO., P. 402-491.

  • Deposit

    MCCREATH, A.S. AND D'INVILLIERS, E.J., 1887, THE NEW RIVER-CRIPPLE CREEK MINERAL REGION OF VIRGINIA: HARRISBURG, 171 P.

  • Deposit

    1905 DIREXPL PULASKI IRON COMPANY-MINED IRON ORE

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL CLINCH VALLEY COAL AND IRON COMPANY-MINED

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL NORMA IRON COMPANY-MINED IRON ORE

  • Production

    CURRIER, (1935)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRON ORE WAS MINED ALMOST AT THE OVERTHRUST FAULT CONTACT IN THE SHADY DOLOMITE WITH THE ERWIN QUARTZITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources
Updater 01-APR-1988 Good, Richard S. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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