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Burton Mine

Past Producer in Campbell county in Virginia, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, 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. 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 10080181
MRDS ID W031277
Record type Site
Current site name Burton Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.27503, 37.21478 (WGS84)
Elevation 213
Relative position 2.4 KM (1.5 MI) SOUTHEAST OF EVINGTON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Campbell(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lynch Station(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Roanoke(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roanoke(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Roanoke(hydrologic unit)

Roanoke(hydrologic accounting unit)

Chowan-Roanoke(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Campbell

Comments on the location information

  • 0.5 KM (0.3 MI) WEST ON STATE ROAD 694 FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROAD 696, BARITE MINE IS NORTH OF 694 AND THE MANGANESE PROSPECTS ARE SOUTH OF 694 EXTENDING PAST THE RADIO FACILITY. THE UTM COORDINATES ARE FOR THE BARITE MINE. ADDITIONAL MANGANESE WORKINGS ARE 0.8 KM (0.5 MI) TO THE NORTH, ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF STATE ROAD 696, ABOUT 1.4 KM (0.85 MI) SOUTH OF ITS INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROAD 24. APPROXIMATE UTM COORDINATES ARE N 4120700., E 653100., ZONE +17; NOT FIELD CHECKED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Wad Ore
Biotite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Marble Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Quartzite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Rock unit name Clay Residuum;Chopawamsic Formation
    Rock description Clay Residuum;Chopawamsic Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.27503, 37.21478
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend, James River Synclinorium, Smith River Allochthon
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faulting?

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 1.5M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Clay Residuum

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1887
Year of first production 1875

Mining district

District name Campbell-Pittsylvania Counties Barite Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Otter River Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 24M

Comments on the workings information

  • NORTH OF STATE ROAD 694 THERE ARE AT LEAST 10 TRENCHES, THE LARGEST OF WHICH IS ABOUT 69 M (225 FT) LONG, 1 M (3 FT) WIDE, AND 0.6 M (2 FT) DEEP. A PROSPECT SHAFT IS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN SUNK ALSO. SOUTH OF 694 THERE ARE AT LEAST 35 TRENCHES, NUMEROUS PROSPECT PITS AND ONE SHAFT. THE SHAFT IS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN 24 M (80 FT) DEEP. THE LARGEST TRENCH IS PROBABLY 61 M (200 FT) LONG, 1.2 M (4 FT) WIDE, AND 1 M (3 FT) DEEP.

Comments on development

  • MINE IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN OPENED IN THE LATE 1800'S FOR BARITE. IN 1923 THE NATIONAL PAINT AND MANGANESE CO. PROSPECTED FOR MANGANESE ORE WITH A SHAFT. AND BETWEEN 1939 AND 1941, THE OTTER RIVER MINING CO. ALSO PROSPECTED FOR MANGANESE ORE WITH TRENCHES AND TEST PITS. IT IS NOT KNOWN WHETHER ANY MANGANESE ORE WAS EVER SHIPPED FROM THE BURTON PROPERTY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE JAMES RIVER-ROANOKE RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT, VIRGINIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1008, 155 P

  • Deposit

    1923 DIREXPL NATIONAL PAINT AND MANGANESE CO., PROSPECTED

  • Deposit

    1939 DIREXPL OTTER RIVER MINING CO., PROSPECTED

  • Deposit

    1981 RECON VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES-INSPECTED SITED SITE

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL ? - DUG SHAFTS, OPEN CUTS, MINED BA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BARITE OCCURS IN RESIDUAL CLAY DERIVED FROM MARBLE ASSOCIATED WITH MANGANIFEROUS QUARTZITE IN THE MOUNT ATHOS FORMATION. TWO BELTS OF MANGANIFEROUS QUARTZITE CROSS THE BURTON PROPERTY IN A SW DIRECTION. THE WESTERNMOST OF THESE QUARTZITE BELTS IS THE EXTENSION OF THE SAME QUARTZITE MINED ON THE SAUNDERS AND WOOD PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH. WITHIN THIS BELT ARE AT LEAST TWO MANGANIFEROUS ZONES THAT ARE ABOUT 21 M (70 FT) APART AND EXTEND FOR A DISTANCE OF NEARLY 305 M (1000 FT). THE EASTERN ZONE CONSISTS OF YELLOW CLAY WITH NODULAR MANGANESE OXIDES AND HAS A THICKNESS OF ABOUT 1.5 M (5 FT). THE WESTERN ZONE IS MOSTLY WAD WITH SOME RED CLAY AND PIECES OF SLABBY MANGANESE OXIDES; ITS THICKNESS IS ALSO ABOUT 1.5 M (5 FT). THE MANGANIFEROUS ZONE IN THE EASTERN QUARTZITE BELT IS ABOUT 0.8 KM (0.5 MI) SOUTH OF THE ABOVE OCCURRENCES. THIS ZONE WAS TRACED FOR A DISTANCE OF ABOUT 244 M (800 FT) SOUTH OF STATE ROAD 694. TWO LEADS OF MANGANESE ORE WERE FOUND, LYING ABOUT 91.5 M (300 FT)
Deposit APART. IN THE WESTERN LEAD, CONSIDERABLE SANDY WAD IS PRESENT IN THE NORTHERN PART, AND SOME NODULAR MANGANESE OXIDES OCCUR IN THE SOUTHERN PART. YELLOW CLAY AND CHERT WITH NODULAR MANGANESE OXIDES PREDOMINATE IN THE EASTERN LEAD, ALTHOUGH WAD IS ALSO PRESENT.
Deposit Discovery Year: LATE 1880'S (?)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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