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Beckham Mines

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082524
MRDS ID W055367
Record type Site
Current site name Beckham Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.92057, 37.48923 (WGS84)
Elevation 174
Relative position .95 MILE W OF BECKHAM

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

  • MINE 0.25 MILES NE SR 623 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1968)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CRYPTOMELANE MAKES DRAMATIC CABOCHONS ("BLACK MALACHITE")-BLACK STEEL-GRAY CRYSTALS OF MANGANITE ON DUMP.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Manganite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Mt Athos
    Rock description Mt Athos
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.92057, 37.48923
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name James River-Roanoke River Manganese District, Virginia

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Enterprise Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 91.44M
    Overall depth 6.1M
    Overall length 365.76M
    Overall width 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS SMALLER TRENCHES IN VICINITY OF MAIN PIT, N TO E OUT FROM WASHING PLANT, SEVERAL WASTE PILES: ONE WITH PIECES OF QUARTZ UP TO 4 INCHES, A PILE OF SAND SIZE WASTE WITH MINOR PIECES OF MN MINERALS AND A GRAVEL SIZE PILE, SAME. ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT IN PLACE: A 4 INCH SCREEN DUMP HOPPER OVER TWIN SCREW LOG WASHER - 30' LONG, BARREL-REVOLVING SCREEN WITH OLD (CIRCA 1947) INTERNATIONAL GAS ENGINE DRIVE AND 3 TANKS FOR WASHING SEPARATING FINES - 10' LONG EACH - ALL IN PLACE. ANOTHER GAS ENGINE (MOLINE) OR 80 SE OF CENTER OF MAIN PIT WHICH PROBABLY POWERED A GENERATOR TO GENERATE ELECTRICITY TO LIGHT AREA FOR NIGHT WORK.

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, 155P.

  • Deposit

    ZEITNER, J.C., 1968, VIRGINIA, APPALACHIAN MINERAL AND GEM TRAILS, P.41-56

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MN ASSOCIATED WITH GRAINY QUARTZITE, WHITE QUARTZ AND BROWN-YELLOW CHERT, MN CEMENTING

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1987 Giannini, William F (Sweet, Palmer C) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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