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Lewis Barite-Mn Mine

Past Producer in Campbell county in Virginia, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082541
MRDS ID W055384
Record type Site
Current site name Lewis Barite-Mn Mine
Alternate or previous names Langhorne Ba Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.27808, 37.20895 (WGS84)
Elevation 213
Relative position 1.75 MILES S SW OF EVINGTON RAILROAD CROSSING OF ROUTE 24 (AZIMUTH 166)

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

  • ABOUT 100 FT E OF PRIVATE ROAD LEADING S FROM ROUTE 694 TO U.S. GOVERNMENT RADIO FACILITY. WORKINGS ARE 2100 FT S OF ROUTE 694 ON E SIDE OF ROAD IN WOODS. ENTRANCE TO PRIVATE ROAD IS 0.5 MILES W OF ROUTE 696 ON ROUTE 694 AND IS PADLOCKED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Hematite Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.27808, 37.20895
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Strike NE
    Dip SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ed Lewis

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall length 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1987 VISIBLE WORKINGS WERE A SERIES OF STEPWISE PITS EXTENDING FOR MORE THEM 300 FT; NO EXPOSURES IN PITS BUT FLOAT OF MASSIVE WHITE, BEDDED BARITE WITH BRECCIA FRAGMENTS AND MN OXIDES AND HEMATITE COULD BE SEEN. PITS ARE OVERGROWN WITH VEGETATION.

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.

  • Deposit

    LANGHORNE, THOMAS, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, 1987, 155P.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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