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Button 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. Alteration
  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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082522
MRDS ID W055365
Record type Site
Current site name Button Manganese Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.92557, 37.487 (WGS84)

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

  • 0.7 MILES N-NW OF JUNCTION OF 605 AND ROUTE 623 ON LEFT SIDE OF ROUTE 623

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Jasper Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification As Chert

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Mt Athos Member Of Alligator Back Formation Of Lynchburg Group
    Rock description Mt Athos Member Of Alligator Back Formation Of Lynchburg Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.92557, 37.487
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Brecciation

Ore body information

  • Strike N 40 E
    Dip 55-70 SE
    Plunge N 40 3

Comments on the geologic information

  • ESPENSHADE 1954 NOTED NODULAR MN OXIDES AND BROWN AND YELLOW CHERT; REPORTER (1987) SUGGESTS TRIASSIC-JURASSIC HYDROTHERMAL REMOBILIZATION AND TECTONISM. FRACTURE FILLING AND BRECCIATION NOTED ON FIELD CHECK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1955
Year of last production 1957

Mining district

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner J. Button

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT 200 FT LONG, 80-100 FT DEEP WITH 15 FT BENCH AT TOP. TRENCH FROM ROUTE 623 IS 15 FT DEEP, 20 FT WIDE AND LEADS TO OPEN PIT. WORKINGS EXTEND 1000 FT W FROM 623. BEYOND MAIN PIT ABOUT 100 FT W IS A SECOND OPEN PIT 75 FT LONG, 30 FT DEEP, BEYOND TO THE W ARE NUMEROUS SHALLOW (3-5 FT DEEP) EXPLORATION TRENCHES ACROSS AND ALONG STRIKE. PRODUCTION ASSUMED FROM SIZE OF WORKINGS BUT AMOUNT UNKNOWN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE JAMES RIVER-ROANOKE RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT, VIRGINIA, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1008, P.94 AND MAP.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NE SIDE OF OPEN PIT ROTTEN MICACEOUS QUARTZITE N 40 E / DIP 55-65 SE, NW WALL GRAY MICA SCHIST AND QUARTZITE; MN/SEAMS IN MT ATHOS CALCAREOUS QUARTZITE ON SE FACE FRESH (IN 1987) BLAST BOULDERS 5X5X4 FT WITH BLACK BOTRYOIDAL INCRUSTATIONS. MT ATHOS FN SHOWS FRACTURE FILLING AND BRECCIATION.
Deposit FRESH BLASTING NOTED, PROBABLY FROM MID 1980'S. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV; 1 PUB LIT; 5 PERS COMM

Reporter information

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

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