Germany Valley Quarry

Past Producer in Pendleton county in West Virginia, United States with commodity Calcium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100194
MRDS ID W023384
Record type Site
Current site name Germany Valley Quarry
Related records 10302343

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.40475, 38.78115 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pendleton(county)

West Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Onego(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elkins(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlottesville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Branch Potomac(hydrologic unit)

Potomac(hydrologic accounting unit)

Potomac(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States West Virginia Pendleton

Comments on the location information

  • ON EASTERN SIDE OF FAMATINA RANGE. NO ENTRANCE ROAD AVAILABLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Calcium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.40475, 38.78115

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 15,000 T MEASURED, 150,000 T ESTIMATED, 350,OOO T TENTATIVE

Comments on development

  • EXPLOITED BY INDIANS, JESUITS (1700'S)M, ARAGONESES (1800'S)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA INSP.

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT MAY 11, 1971.

  • Deposit

    QUARRY IS OPERATED BY GERMANY VALLEY LIMESTONE COMPANY, DIVISION OF

  • Deposit

    GREEN STEEL COMPANY.OPERATION INCLUDES A PLANT.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 VEINS SYSTEMS; ONE E-W, THE OTHER NW-SE
Deposit LOCATED AT MACIZO FOMATINA, DEPT. CHILECITO. DEPOSIT CONTAINS 38 PERCENT FE AND HAS INDICATED ORE RESERVES OF 96,000 METRIC TONS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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