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Godlove Mine

Past Producer in Shenandoah 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. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080725
MRDS ID W032071
Record type Site
Current site name Godlove Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.50583, 39.02086 (WGS84)
Elevation 427
Relative position 1.6 KM (1 MI) NORTHWEST OF ZEPP.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shenandoah(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wardensville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winchester(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cumberland(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork Shenandoah(hydrologic unit)

Potomac(hydrologic accounting unit)

Potomac(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

George Washington National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

George Washington and Jefferson National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Shenandoah

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 2.2 KM (1.4 M) NORTH ON STATE ROAD 746 FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROAD 600 TO END OF ROAD: MINE IS 0.4 KM (0.25 MI) EAST-NORTHEAST FROM 746 ON THE NORTHEAST EDGE OF A LOW RIDGE, SOUTH OF SHELL RUN AND NORTH OF BONNET HILL.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Chert Gangue

Analytical data

Result 6 ANALYSES ARE LISTED IN STOSE AND MISER (1922) SHOWING AN AVERAGE OF 57.8% MN, 0.32% FE, 0.213% P, AND 2.9% SI02.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Ridgeley Sandstone;Clay Residuum
    Rock description Ridgeley Sandstone;Clay Residuum

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.50583, 39.02086
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend
Type of structure Local
Structure description Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR LENSES AND VEINLETS
    Strike NORTHEAST
    Dip 35 DEG NW
    Thickness 1.5M
    Length 122M
    Width 61M
    Depth to top 1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Clay Residuum

Comments on the geologic information

  • SANDSTONE IS MASSIVE AND YELLOW, WITH SOME LAYERS CONTAINING SMALL QUARTZ PEBBLES. IN MOST OF THE WORKINGS THE SANDSTONE IS SOFT AND FRIABLE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1847
Discoverer Joel Williams (?)
Year of first production 1847
Year of last production 1920

Mining district

District name Cedar Creek Valley Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Kaylor-Fleming Manganese Co.

Production statistics

  • Year 1916
    Material ORE MN
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^59+% Mn, 0.72% Fe
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Iron Iron 1wt-pct
    Major Ore Manganese Manganese 59wt-pct
  • Year 1917
    Period 1916-1917
    Material ORE MN
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^58.5% Mn, 0.73% Fe (Average)
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Iron Iron 1wt-pct
    Major Ore Manganese Manganese 59wt-pct
  • Year 1917
    Material ORE MN
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^58% Mn, 0.75% Fe, 6% Si02: Valued At $16,800
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    SiO2 Ore Silica Silica 6wt-pct
    Ore Iron Iron 1wt-pct
    Major Ore Manganese Manganese 58wt-pct
  • Year 1920
    Material ORE MN
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^54.4% Mn, 0.57% Fe, 5.2% Sio2:
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    SiO2 Ore Silica Silica 5wt-pct
    Ore Iron Iron 1wt-pct
    Major Ore Manganese Manganese 54wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1916, 35 LT WERE SHIPPED, VALUED AT $4,200. 1917 DATA INCLUDES BONNET HILL PRODUCTION. IN 1920, 18 LT WERE SHIPPED, VALUED AT $540. PRODUCTION FIGURES INDICATE AMOUNT OF ORE MINED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 225M
    Overall depth 17M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTED OF SEVERAL SHAFTS AND 2 TUNNELS. ONE SHAFT WAS 17 M (55 FT) DEEP WITH A DRIFT AT A DEPTH OF 9 M (30 FT) AND YIELDED 4 OR 5 TONS OF ORE. ANOTHER SHAFT WAS 7.3 M (24 FT) DEEP, ALSO WITH SHORT DRIFTS. THE 2 TUNNELS WERE ON THE NORTH SLOPE OF GODLOVE HILL. THE UPPER TUNNEL, AT AN ELEVATION OF 446 M (1,464 FT), EXTENDED IN A SOUTHWARD DIRECTION AND WAS 56 M (185 FT) LONG AND FROM IT DRIFTS AND INCLINES AGGREGATING ABOUT 46 M (150 FT) IN LENGTH WERE MADE. THE LOWER TUNNEL, AT AN ELEVATION OF 435 M (1,427 FT) WAS AT LEAST 95 M (310 FT) LONG AND TRENDED A FEW DEGREES EAST OF SOUTH. SHORT CROSS CUTS WERE MADE ON EITHER SIDE OF IT 18 M (58 FT) FROM THE PORTAL. AT A DISTANCE OF 95 M (310 FT) THE TUNNEL STRUCK ONE OF THE INCLINES THAT HAD BEEN MADE FROM THE UPPER TUNNEL AND AT THIS POINT DRIFTS WERE RUN TO THE SOUTHWEST AND NORTHEAST. IN 1982, 4 CAVED SHAFTS, UP TO 6 M (20 FT) DEEP AND 3.6 M (12 FT) SQUARE, 4 CAVED TUNNELS (2 ARE NOT REPORTED BUT APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN TUNNELS)
  • AND NUMEROUS PITS AND DUMPS WERE SEEN.

Comments on development

  • MINE FIRST WORKED ABOUT 1847 BY JOEL WILLIAMS, WHO MINED AND MARKETED CONSIDERABLE ORE WHICH WAS HAVLED TO WINCHESTER, VA. FOR SHIPMENT. IT WAS NEXT WORKED BY CLINE AND CAPON 35 TO 40 YEARS LATER AND BY SCOTTROACH ABOUT 5 YEARS LATER, THOUGH THEY DID NOT SHIP ANY ORE. C.M. CLAY AND DR. S.M. BLACK NEXT WORKED THE MINE AT TIMES FROM 1915 UNTIL 1918 UNDER THE TRADE NAME U.S. MANGANESE & MINERAL CO., AND THEY ARE REPORTED TO HAVE MINED AND SHIPPED 3 OR 4 CARLOADS OF ORE, ALL OF WHICH WAS CHEMICAL ORE. THE KAYLOR-FLEMING MANGANESE CO. NEXT LEASED THE PROPERTY AND IN APRIL, 1920, BEGAN DRIVING THE LOWER TUNNEL. IN AUGUST, 1920, ORE WAS FOUND IN PAYING QUANTITIES AT A DISTANCE OF 94.5 M (310 FT) FROM THE PORTAL. SINCE THEN 50,000 POUNDS OF ORE FOR CHEMICAL PURPOSES HAS BEEN MARKETED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONROE, W.H., 1942, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF CEDAR CREEK VALLEY, FREDERICK AND SHENANDOAH COUNTIES, VIRGINIA: USGS BULL 936-E, P. 111-141.

  • Deposit

    STOSE, G.W., AND MISER, H.D., 1922, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN VIRGINIA: VGS BULL 23, 206 P.

  • Production

    VDMR MINERAL RESOURCE FILE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MANGANESE ORE OCCURS IN A BED OF CLAY 1.2 TO 1.5 M (4 TO 5 FT) THICK AND IN FRACTURED SANDSTONE AT THE BASE OF THE RIDGELEY SANDSTONEON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF A SYNCLINE. THE CLAY IS PROBABLY RESIDUAL FROM A BED OF LIMESTONE WHICH ONCE OCCUPIED THE POSITION THAT IS NOW OCCUPIED BY THE CLAY (NEW SCOTLAND OR LICKING CREEK LIMESTONE (?)). THE BULK OF THE ORE MINED BEFORE 1920 IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN FOUND IN ONE OF THE INCLINES MADE FROM THE UPPER TUNNEL. ONE POCKET OF SOLID ORE ENCOUNTERED THERE IS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN 1.2 M (4 FT) THICK. ONE SHAFT AND DRIFT YIELDED 4 TO 5 TONS OF ORE. VEINLETS OF MANGANESE WERE FOUND IN BROKEN SANDSTONE 18 M (58 FT) FROM THE PORTAL OF THE LOWER TUNNEL AND YIELDED ABOUT 100 POUNDS OF MANGANESE. AT THE SOUTH END OF THE LOWER TUNNEL WORKABLE ORE WAS FOUND IN LENSES AS MUCH AS 0.6 M (2 FT) THICK, THE LENSES WERE SAID TO BE SOLID ORE BUT SOME ORE OCCURRED INTERMIXED WITH THE ASSOCIATED SANDSTONE. THE ORE WAS MINED BY HAND IN SHAFTS AND TUNNELS AND AS FAR
Deposit AS IS KNOWN ALL THE MARKETED ORE WAS HANDPICKED. ORE IS STILL PLENTIFUL ON THE DUMP MATERIAL AND IN OUTCROPS IN THE SHAFT WALLS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1982 Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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