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Wood's 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082539
MRDS ID W055381
Record type Site
Current site name Wood's Mn Mine
Alternate or previous names Hall Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.27308, 37.22562 (WGS84)
Elevation 232
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 0.95 MILES SE OF EVINGTON RAILROAD CROSSING OF ROUTE 24., Acc There Are Main Shafts 900 Ft Ne Of Indicated Location

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Campbell(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lynch Station(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

  • 0.7 MILES S OF ROUTE 24 ALONG ROUTE 696, TURN LEFT (NE) ON UNMARKED GRAVEL ROAD FOR 800 FT (0.15 MILES). WORKINGS ARE 270 FT SE OF GRAVEL ROAD IN NE TRENDING DEPRESSIONS IN OAK-MAPLE WOODS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Wad Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Clay Formation

Analytical data

Result SEE SAUNDERS MANGANESE MINE

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 > Schist > Mica Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.27308, 37.22562
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Smith River Allocthon
Type of structure Local
Structure description Close Folding Inferred From Adjacent Saunders Property

Ore body information

  • Width 6.1M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Hydrothermal Submarine Brines

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1890
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 Operator
    Owner John Hall

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION UNKNOWN BECAUSE INCLUDED WITH SAUNDERS MINE WHICH IS ADJACENT AND NE OF PROPERTY. TOTAL PRODUCTION OF SAUNDER'S MINE PLUS ADJACENT PROPERTY WAS 8,000-9,000 LONG TONS OF WASHED ORE (ESPENSHADE,P. 126)

Comments on the workings information

  • THE SHAFT IN 1987 WAS 15 FT DEEP AND 10 FT WIDE ON THE NW SIDE OF NE TRENDING DEPRESSION IN THE WOODS. SEVERAL HUNDRED FT SW OF THE SHAFT AND SE OF THE ROAD ARE SEVERAL TRENCHES. ABOUT 85 FT SE OF SHAFT IS A HORIZONTAL ADIT TRENDING N 30 W AND OPEN AND ACCESSIBLE FOR 20 FT. NO ORE WAS SEEN DURING FIELD CHECK. ABOUT 900 FT NE OF SHAFT DESCRIBED HERE AND 1870 FT ALONG GRAVEL ROAD NE OF ROUTE 696 IS ONE LARGE PIT 25 FT BY 25 FT FILLED WITH TRASH. NO ROCKS EXPOSED BUT A FEW NODULES OF MN ORE COULD BE SEEN IN ROAD BED DURING 1987 VISIT.

Comments on development

  • A SHAFT WAS SUNK 127 FT IN 1916 BY HANCOCK 900 FT NE OF WORKINGS DESCRIBED HERE NEAR THE WOODS-SAUNDERS PROPERTY LINE BUT WAS ABANDONED BECAUSE OF WATER AND INADEQUATE PUMP. NATIONAL PAINT AND MANGANESE LYNCHBURG SANK A SHAFT OF 35 FT IN 1923, BUT LOCATION ON PROPERTY IS UNCERTAIN. IN 1941, THE HALL FAMILY SUNK A 58 FT SHAFT AGAIN NEAR THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY WITH SAUNDERS MINE. (JOHN HALL, EVINGTON, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION).

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 BULLETIN 1008, 155P.

  • Deposit

    HALL, JOHN, EVINGTON VIRGINIA, MAY 1987, PERSONNAL COMMUNICATION.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 ORE ZONES: EASTERN BED ON SE WITH WAD IS WIDE CONTAINING STRINGERS OF SOFT MANGANESE OXIDES. A NW ZONE CONTAINS 2 SEAMS OF MANGANIFEROUS YELLOW CLAY. UNDERGROUND CROSSCUTS BY HALLS (900 FARTHER NORTH) SHOWED 20 FT SEAM OF YELLOW CLAY WITH SCATTERED MN OXIDE NODULES. ABOUT 50 FT SW OF CROSSCUTS NEARLY MASSIVE MN OXIDE NODULES WERE FOUND OVER WIDTH OF 3-4 FT OF YELLOW CLAY. (ESPENSHADE, 1954, P.129-130).

Reporter information

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

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