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Old Dominion Mine

Past Producer in Augusta county in Virginia, United States with commodities Manganese, Iron
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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. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  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 10080675
MRDS ID W032012
Record type Site
Current site name Old Dominion Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.81835, 38.13311 (WGS84)
Elevation 500
Relative position 3.2 KM (2 MI) SOUTHEAST OF CRIMORA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Augusta(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crimora(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Charlottesville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlottesville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Shenandoah(hydrologic unit)

Potomac(hydrologic accounting unit)

Potomac(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Augusta

Comments on the location information

  • 1.4 KM (0.9 MI) EAST ON STATE ROAD 672 FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH U.S. ROUTE 340, TURN NORTH AT END OF ROAD AND FOLLOW JEEP TRAIL TO MINE, ABOUT 1 KM (0.6 MI).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore
Limonite Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Rock unit name Clay Residuum
    Rock description Clay Residuum
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.81835, 38.13311
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Massanutten Synclinorium
Type of structure Local
Structure description Crimora Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Clay Residuum

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Discoverer Mr. Samuel W. Donald (?)
Year of first production 1875
Year of last production 1958

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Parker Manganese Co.

Production statistics

  • Year 1943
    Material ORE MN
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^46.15% Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Ore Manganese Manganese 46wt-pct
  • Year 1944
    Material ORE MN
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^43.75% Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Ore Manganese Manganese 44wt-pct
  • Year 1945
    Material ORE MN
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^43.34% Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Ore Manganese Manganese 43wt-pct
  • Year 1946
    Period 1943-1946
    Material ORE MN
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Average 43.44% Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Ore Manganese Manganese 43wt-pct
  • Year 1946
    Material ORE MN
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^40.52% Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Ore Manganese Manganese 41wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 57M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTED OF OPENCUTS, PITS, SHAFTS WITH DRIFTS, AND TUNNELS. IN 1981, ONLY SOME PITS AND OPEN CUTS WITH DUMPS WERE EVIDENT. THE SHAFT IN 1906 WAS 57 M (186 FT) DEEP.

Comments on development

  • 80 TO 90 TONS OF ORE WERE MINED FROM SHALLOW OPEN PITS BY MR. SAMUEL W. DONALD SOMETIME BETWEEN 1869 AND 1882. IN 1885 THE OLD DOMINION MANGANESE CO. STARTED SINKING A SHAFT WHICH HIT ORE IN SIZABLE QUANTITIES. THE AMERICAN MANGANESE COMPANY THEN LEASED THE MINE AND INTERMITTENTLY WORKED IT INTO AT LEAST 1906 WHEN WORK WAS PROGRESSING ON A DRIFT AT THE 54 M (176 FT) LEVEL OF A SHAFT. THE MINE WAS WORKED DURING BOTH WORLD WARS, ESPECIALLY FROM 1943 TO 1946 WHEN IT WAS THE LEADING MANGANESE PRODUCING MINE IN THE STATE, APPARENTLY BY THE OLD DOMINION MANGANESE CO. IN 1955 THE VIRGINIA ORE CORPORATION BEGAN MINING, SHIPPING ORE TO THE U.S. GOVERNMENT STOCKPILE AND TO E.J. LAVINO CO. AT LYNCHBURG FROM JUNE 1955 TO FEBRUARY 1956. THE PARKER MANGANESE CO. THEN WORKED THE MINE FROM NOVEMBER 1956 THROUGH 1957. APPARENTLY THE MINE WAS CLOSED BY THE END OF 1959.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GATHRIGHT, T.M., II, HENIKA, W.S., AND SULLIVAN, J.L., III, 1978, GEOLOGY OF THE CRIMORA QUADRANGLE, VIRGINIA: VDMR PUB 13.

  • Deposit

    HARDER, E.C., 1909, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES: USGS BULL 380, PP. 258-263.

  • Deposit

    STOSE, G.W., MISER, H.D., KATZ, F.J., AND HEWETT, D.F., 1919, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE WEST FOOT OF THE BLUE RIDGE, VIRGINIA: VGS BULL 17, 166 P.

  • Deposit

    WATSON, T.L., 1907, MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION COMMISSION, LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA, J.P. BELL CO., PP. 235-259.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1885-88, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES: (ANNUAL VOLUMES FOR THE YEARS INDICATED).

  • Deposit

    HARDER, E.C., 1910, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES: USGS BULL. 427, 298 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS IN RESIDUAL CLAY OF THE SHADY FORMATION OVERLYING THE ANTIETAM FORMATION WITHIN THE CRIMORA SYNCLINE.
Deposit Discovery Year: BETWEEN + 1869-1882

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1981 Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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