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Graham and Robinson Mine

Past Producer in Pulaski county in Virginia, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080214
MRDS ID W031317
Record type Site
Current site name Graham and Robinson Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.72924, 36.93785 (WGS84)
Elevation 628
Relative position 0.7 KM (0.45 MI) ESE OF ALLISONIA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pulaski(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hiwassee(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Galax(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Pulaski

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATE, NOT FIELD CHECKED. 125 M (400 FT) SSE OF FORK IN DIRT ROAD, 1.1 KM (0.7 MI) BY ROAD SE FROM JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 693, 2.4 KM (1.5 MI) BY ROAD SW OF JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 777 SOUTH OF HIWASSEE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Dolomite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 228
USGS model code 32b
Deposit model name Mississippi Valley, Appalachian Zn
Mark3 model number 42

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.72924, 36.93785
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend, Hiwassee (Laswell) Fault, Holston Mountain Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Transverse Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip 30 DEG. NW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1880
Year of first production 1885

Mining district

District name Allisonia District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Graham And Robinson

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 24M

Comments on the workings information

  • AN ADIT 60-80 FT (18-24 M) LONG DRIVEN.

Comments on development

  • MINE PROBABLY OPERATED BRIEFLY IN EARLY 1880'S.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOYD, C.R., 1881, RESOURCES OF SOUTH-WEST VIRGINIA: NEW YORK, JOHN WILEY AND SONS, 321 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ESPENSHADE, G.H. AND OTHERS, 1975, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE EAST HALF OF THE WINSTON-SALEM QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA-VIRGINIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-709-B, 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1933 GEOLMAP VA. GEOL. SURV.: ISSUED GEO. MAP OF VALLEY.

  • Deposit

    1975 OTHER R.B. NEUMAN: COMPILED MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-709-B.

  • Production

    MCCREATH AND D'INVILLIERS (1887, P. 24)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 Meintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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