Alkire Mine

Past Producer in Mineral county in West Virginia, United States with commodity Iron
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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100452
MRDS ID W101173
Record type Site
Current site name Alkire Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.9678, 39.43336 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

West Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Keyser(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winchester(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cumberland(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Branch Potomac(hydrologic unit)

Potomac(hydrologic accounting unit)

Potomac(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States West Virginia Mineral

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.9678, 39.43336

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRIMSLEY, 1909, WV GS (REPT) V.4

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-83 Whitlow, S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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