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Shanklin Mine

Past Producer in Smyth county in Virginia, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080178
MRDS ID W031274
Record type Site
Current site name Shanklin Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.54927, 36.82591 (WGS84)
Elevation 683
Relative position 1.9 MILES SOUTHSEST OF DOWNTOWN MARION.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Smyth(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Marion(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wytheville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South 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 Smyth

Comments on the location information

  • UTM COORDINATES AND ELEVATION AT CENTER OF SURFACE WORKINGS. NO WORKINGS WERE FOUND AT THE LOCATION GIVEN BY EDMUNDSON (1938). THREE AREAS OF WORKINGS WERE FOUND ON THE PROPERTY AND WILL BE DESCRIBED AS SHANKLIN MINE #1, #2, AND #3. THE LARGEST WORKINGS IS DESIGNATED SHANKLIN MINE #1. IT IS LOCATED .4 MILES NORTH OF MIDDLE FORK OF THE HOLSTON RIVER, 2150 FEET S 32 DEG E FROM THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROADS 659 AND 665 AT EBENEZER CHURCH, 3000 FEET N 77 DEG W FROM THE INTERSECTION OF HUNGRY MOTHER CREEK AND MIDDLE FORK OF THE HOLSTON RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Beekmantown Formation
    Rock description Beekmantown Formation;Residual Clay And Soil

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.54927, 36.82591
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trending Thrust Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description Mine Site Is Located On The Southeast Flank Of The Marion Dome, 1.2 Miles North Of The Seven Springs Thrust Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE, PINCH AND SWELL, IRREGULAR
    Strike N55 DEG E
    Dip 45 DEG SE
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures In The Bedrock

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO OUTCROPS WERE FOUND IN THE AREA. EDMUNDSON REPORTED THAT THE LIMESTONE AND DOLOMITE OF THE BEEKMANTOWN STRIKE N 55 DEG E AND DIPS 45 DEG SE. REGIONAL GEOLOGY FROM C. BUTTS (1933), B. COOPER (1936), AND B. FRENCH (1967).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Year of first production 1875
Year of last production 1906

Mining district

District name Smyth County Barite Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Shanklin
  • Type Owner
    Owner Shanklin Paries, Inc.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 457.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • FAIRLY EXTENSIVE SURFACE WORKINGS OVER THE 500 BY 200 FT AREA ALONG HILLSIDE. EDMUNDSON (1938) DESCRIBED THE SURFACE WORKINGS AS AN OPEN CUT 60 FEET LONG, 40 FEET WIDE AND 30 FEET DEEP, AND SEVERAL SHALLOW TRENCHES AS MUCH AS 300 FEET LONG. FIELD EXAMINATION CONDUCTED 11/7/85. AT THAT TIME, SURFACE WORKINGS CONSISTED OF A 50 FT DIAMETER PIT, APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET DEEP, NUMEROUS SMALLER TRENCHES, UP TO 10 FEET WIDE, 10 FEET DEEP AND 100 FEET LONG, AND SHALLOW PITS AND SMALL ROCK DUMPS. MOST OF THE SURFACE WORKINGS ARE PARTIALLY FILLED WITH ROCK DEBRIS AND GROWN OVER.

Comments on development

  • MINE PROBABLY OPENED BETWEEN 1875 AND 1885. TRENCHES AND OPEN CUTS WERE DUG. NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 53, 85 P.

  • Deposit

    BUTTS, CHARLES, 1933, GEOLOGY MAP OF THE APPALACHIAN VALLEY OF VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 42.

  • Deposit

    COOPER, B.N., 1936, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 53.

  • Deposit

    FRENCH, B.E., 1967, THE GEOLOGY OF THE MARION DOME, V.P.I. MASTERS THESIS (UNPUBLISHED)

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL ? - DUG OPEN CUTS, TRENCHES, MINE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BARITE OCCURS AS REPLACEMENT MASSES AND AS IRREGULAR FRAGMENTS IN RESIDUAL CLAY. BEDROCK IS DOLOMITE AND LIMESTONE.
Deposit MINE WORKINGS ON THIS PROPERTY ARE DIVIDED INTO THREE MINE SITES FOR REPORTING THE LOCATIONS AND DESCRIPTIONS. THIS IS THE LARGEST OF THE WORKINGS AND MOST SIMILAR TO THE DESCRIPTION GIVEN BY EDMUNDSON (1938); THEREFORE REFERRED TO AS THE SHANKLIN MINE #1. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources
Updater 01-OCT-1987 Lovett, James A. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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