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Mcgehee Mn Mine

Past Producer in Campbell 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082532
MRDS ID W055375
Record type Site
Current site name Mcgehee Mn Mine
Alternate or previous names Arthur Mn Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.19642, 37.2745 (WGS84)
Elevation 250
Relative position 1.65 MILE S-SE (AZIMUTH 160) OF LAWYERS CROSSROADS AT 683 AND 622.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Campbell(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

City Farm(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Roanoke(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roanoke(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Roanoke(hydrologic unit)

Roanoke(hydrologic accounting unit)

Chowan-Roanoke(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Campbell

Comments on the location information

  • WORKINGS MAY BE REACHED BY GOING N 0.1 MILES ON PRIVATE ROAD - A NORTH EXTENSION OF ROUTE 689 FROM INTERSECTION OF ROUTE 689 AND ROUTE 690 AND TURNING LEFT (W) ON GRAVEL ROAD FOR 0.2 MILES TO PADLOCKED RED GATE. GRAVEL ROAD NOT ON TOPOGRAPHIC MAP. TRAIL-TRACK LEADS W FOR 0.5 MILES FROM GATE. WORKINGS ABOUT 100 FT FROM TELEPHONE LINE CUT. 200 FT UP-HILL (SW) FROM SMITH BRANCH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Wad Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Carbonate Alteration To Clay

Analytical data

Result MANGANIFEROUS LIMONITE SHOWED 12.3% MN, 41.50% FE, 8.46% SIO2, AND 0.77% PHOSPHORUS (ESPENSHADE, 1954, P. 119).

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSOID WITH CAVERNOUS VUGGY SECTIONS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stratabound To Mt Athos Lithologies; Hydrothermally Enriched Metal-Bearing Sediments Related To Rift Fractures.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1916

Mining district

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mc Gehee
  • Type Owner
    Owner G. C. Mcgehee
    First year 1941

Comments on the production information

  • THE MCGEHEE (ARTHUR) MINE PRODUCED 150 (?) TONS IN 1916 AND 1 LONG TON OF MANGANESE CONCENTRATES IN 1941 (ESPENSHADE, 1952, 1954).

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL TRENCHES AND 3 SHAFTS; 20, 25 AND 35 FT WITH CROSSCUTS AT BOTTOM. MAIN TRENCH IS 10FT DEEP, 20 FT WIDE AND 400 FT LONG WITH A N35E TREND AND CONTAINS 2 NOW CAVED-IN SHAFTS. ANOTHER TRENCH IS 25 X 15 FT AND 5-10 FT DEEP WITH AN ENTRANCE TO A 10 X 10 FT SHAFT.

Comments on development

  • THE MCGEHEE (ARTHUR) MINE PRODUCED 150 (?) TONS IN 1916 AND 1 LONG TON OF MANGANESE CONCENTRATES IN 1941 (ESPENSHADE 1952, 1954)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1952, MANGANESE, IRON, AND BARITE DEPOSITS OF THE JAMES RIVER-ROANOKE RIVER DISTRICT, VIRGINIA, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL INVESTIGATION FIELD STUDIES.

  • Deposit

    ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954 GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MAP MF5, THE JAMES RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1008 (PL. 2; P. 118-119).

  • Deposit

    CONLEY, J.F., 1985, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHWEST PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATIONS NO. 59, 33P. (GENERAL GEOLOGY).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WAD AND YELLOW CLAY WITH NODULAR MANGANESE ORE; MICACEOUS WAD WITH STREAKS OF WHITE AND YELLOW CLAY NORTH OF OPEN CUTS; BRECCIATED QUARTZITE CEMENTED BY MN OXIDES EAST OF OPEN CUT; IN 1987, WORKINGS SHOWED BULE/BLACK MAMMILLARY AND BOITRYOIDAL MN OXIDES AND PINK MT ATHOS MARBLE. MANGANIFEROUS MARBLE OUTCROPS IN SMITH BRANCH 200 FT N OF MINE. FARTHER UPSTREAM IS MN BEARING BROWN CHERT. CHERT IS 20-30 FT THICK.

Reporter information

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

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