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Augusta Mine

Past Producer in Augusta county in Virginia, United States with commodity 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. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080676
MRDS ID W032013
Record type Site
Current site name Augusta Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.80001, 38.15144 (WGS84)
Elevation 579
Relative position 3.7 KM (2.3 MI) EAST 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

  • ABOUT 160 M (525 FT) SOUTH OF CRIMORA LAKE. 3.2 KM (2 MI) EAST ON STATE ROAD 612 FROM CRIMORA TO END OF ROAD, FOLLOW JEEP TRAIL OR ROAD TO NORTH - NORTHEAST AROUND NORTHERN SECTION OF CRIMORA MINE AND OVER MINE BRANCH TO MINE, ABOUT 1.8 KM (1.1 MI).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
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;Antietam Formation
    Rock description Clay Residuum;Antietam Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.80001, 38.15144
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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

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF ONE LARGE OPEN CUT.

Comments on development

  • BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN WORKED WHEN THE CRIMORA MINE WAS (1880'S - 1890'S).

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

    ECONOMIC GEOLOGY FILE (AUGUSTA CO.) - VDMR

  • 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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAME TYPE OF DEPOSIT AS THE CRIMORA MINE.
Deposit THERE IS NOT MUCH INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON THIS MINE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

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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