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Joshua Creek Manganese Mines

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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082525
MRDS ID W055368
Record type Site
Current site name Joshua Creek Manganese Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.0178, 37.42089 (WGS84)
Elevation 165
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ALONG CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX COUNTY LINE BOUNDARY 0.6 MILES S-SE OF JAMES RIVER., Est Road Location Approximate

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Campbell(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kelly(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Roanoke(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
United States Virginia Campbell

Comments on the location information

  • ONE OF 2 WORKINGS IS ON PRIVATE "COUNTRY HAVEN ESTATES" ROAD (EASTERN EXTENSION OF ROUTE 726) CALLED PINE CREST LANE, JUST S OF INTERSECTION WITH CHESTNUT MOUNTAIN ROAD. PITS ARE TO RIGHT (E) OF PINE CREST LANE NEAR TELEPHONE CABLE MARKER BOX. ROADS ARE NOT ON 1970 KELLY QUADRANGLE. GRAVEL ROADS FOR COUNTRY HAVEN SUBDIVISION, MOSTLY MOBILE HOMES, DATE FROM ABOUT 1980, BUT ARE NOT SHOWN ON 1985 COUNTY MAPS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.0178, 37.42089
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of last production 1941

Mining district

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Country Haven Estates, Owner Calvin Plybon

Comments on the production information

  • A CAR LOAD OF ORE IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN SHIPPED IN 1941.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW WORKINGS MOSTLY FILLED IN, COVERED WITH LEAVES; ESPENSHADE (1954) DESCRIBES AN OPEN CUT AND TUNNEL WITH DUMPS CONTAINING SLABBY PIECES OF MN ORE AND QUARTZITE THAT IS VEINED AND CUT BY MN OXIDES; NO ORE SEEN DURING FIELD CHECK, ONLY TAN SCHISTS AND QUARTZITE WITH MN STAINS.

Comments on development

  • DUMPS REWORKED BY SCREENING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANOTHER MINE WAS LOCATED 1/4 MILE W-SW OF THIS MINE (ESPENSHADE, PL.2) BUT WAS NOT IDENTIFIED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

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

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

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