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Schoolhouse Manganese Mine

Past Producer in Appomattox 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082519
MRDS ID W055362
Record type Site
Current site name Schoolhouse Manganese Mine
Alternate or previous names Iron Hill School

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.94891, 37.46256 (WGS84)
Elevation 210
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position AT BEND OF ROUTE 605, ABOUT 800 FT SW OF INTERSECTIONS OF ROUTE 605 AND 607., Acc Workings On Topographic Map

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Appomattox(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stonewall(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Appomattox(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roanoke(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle James-Buffalo(hydrologic unit)

James(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Appomattox

Comments on the location information

  • ORIGINAL 3 SHAFTS WERE SUNK AT 150 FT INTERVALS SW FROM BEND IN 605. 1700 FT AND 2000 FT SW OF BEND IN 605 ALONG GRAVEL ROAD ARE 2 OPEN PIT WORKINGS FROM 1950'S LOCATED ON TOPOGRAPHIC MAP. THE ORIGINAL WORKINGS NEAR ROAD ARE NOW LEVELED BY BULLDOZER (1987) FOR TRASH DUMPING (SANITARY LANDFILL).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Mt Athos Marble Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group
    Rock description Mt Athos Marble Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.94891, 37.46256
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mn Remobilized From Leached Marble Member Of Mt Athos

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer J.M. Mays
Year of first production 1938
Year of last production 1955

Mining district

District name James River-Roanoke River Mn, Fe And Ba District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner W. M. Martin And C. T. Martin (Deceased)

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION IN 1950'S NOT KNOWN.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 SHALLOW SHAFTS 20-30 FT DEEP SUNK AT 150 FT INTERVALS SW ALONG STRIKE; CENTRAL SHAFT 20 FT DEEPT WITH 2 DRIFTS 2 FT SW AND 8 FT NW; SHAFT LATER DEEPENED TO 40 FT (WINSTON MARTIN, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION); 2 OPEN PITS 1700 AND 2000 FT SW OF ROUTE 605 ALONG DIRTROAD; NE PIT (#1) 200 FT LONG, 20-30 FT DEEP; 40-50 FT WIDE, PARTLY FILLED WITH TRASH; PIT #2 200-300 SW OF PIT #1, LARGELY FILLED WITH TRASH.

Comments on development

  • J.M. MAYS WORKED DEPOSIT 1938-39; ENTERPRISE MINING COMPANY OPERATED THE DEPOSIT FARTHER SW UNDER ROY AYERS DURING 1950'S (W.M. MARTIN, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE JAMES RIVER-ROANOKE RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT, VIRGINIA, BULL. 1008, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, P.95-96.

  • Deposit

    CONLEY, J.F., 1985, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHWESTERN PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA, DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 59, 33P. (GENERAL GEOLOGY).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORIGINAL WORKINGS NOW COMPLETELY COVERED SHOWED SLABBY NODULAR MN ORE IN A ZONE AT FOOTWALL 1 FT THICK IN YELLOW CLAY SEAM, 4-5 FT THICK WITH OPEN PIT 1700 FT SW OF ROUTE 605 BOTRYOIDAL ENCRUSTATION MN IN QUARTZ VEIN'S MN VEIN 2' FT WIDE N/5 E/75 SE, APPARENTLY CUTTING LUSTROUS, GREENISH SCHISTS AND QUARTZITE N 55 E/65 SE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-87 AS Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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