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Grubb Or Lynchburg Mine

Past Producer in Botetourt 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. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10084457
MRDS ID W101805
Record type Site
Current site name Grubb Or Lynchburg Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.82949, 37.39395 (WGS84)
Elevation 450

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Botetourt(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Villamont(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)

Federal lands

Jefferson National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

George Washington and Jefferson National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Botetourt

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Silt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Chilhowee Group
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Blue Ridge Thrust

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Virginia Iron, Coal And Coke Co.
    First year 1917

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STOSE ET AL., 1919, VA GS BULL. 17

  • Deposit

    CHEN, PING-FAN, 1960, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GOOSE CREEK AREA NEAR ROANOKE, VIRGINIA: UNPUBLISHED PHD DISSERTATION, VPI&SI.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1983 Whitlow, S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1987 Sweet, Palmer C. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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