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Lyndhurst-Vesuvius

Past Producer in Augusta county in Virginia, United States with commodities Manganese, Iron, Cobalt, Nickel
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Production statistics
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105491
MRDS ID W000670
Record type Site
Current site name Lyndhurst-Vesuvius

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.07474, 37.95838 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Augusta(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Levels(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Buena Vista(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roanoke(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Shenandoah(hydrologic unit)

Potomac(hydrologic accounting unit)

Potomac(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

George Washington 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 Augusta
United States Virginia Rockbridge

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Primary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Wad Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.07474, 37.95838
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Soution Of Dolomite Leaving Residual Concentrate.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MOSTLY IRREGULAR BODIES OF MANGANESE NODULES IN RESIDUAL CLAY FROM WEATHERING OF TOMSTOWN(LOWER CAMBRIAN)DOLOMITE. MOST DEPOSITS OCCUR IN SYNCLINES AND ON MONOCLINAL FLEXURES. COBALT REPORTED BETWEEN 0.28 AND 0.95%

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lyndhurst-Vesuvius/Northern Section - Blue Ridge Province

Production statistics

  • Year 1940
    Period 1906-1940
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^ Concentrates Containing 35 - 46 % Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 36wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • POST 1940 PRODUCTION NOT KNOWN. ABOVE TOTALS DO NOT INCLUDE EARLIEST OUTPUT FROM SOME OF THE MINES, NOR 1941 SHIPMENTS FROM MINE BANK, VESUVIUS, AND MOUNT TORRY MINES

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1941
    Total resources 2000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Manganese Mn 40 wt-pct Manganese Major 1941
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1941
    Total resources 1000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Manganese Mn 12 wt-pct Manganese Major 1941
    Iron Fe 28 wt-pct Iron Major 1941

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • COBALT RESERVES PROBABLY MODERATE, BUT MOSTLY UNDEVELOPED(EXTRAMENSURATE); STUDY NEEDED
  • THE DISTRICT CONTAINS NO KNOWN REMAINING ORE BODIES, ACCORDING TO JACOBY (1952), AND HENCE THERE ARE NO MEASURED OR INDICATED RESERVES. ORIGINAL DATA IN LONG TONS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KNECHTEL, M.M., 1943, USGS BULL. 940-F, P. 163-198

  • Deposit

    STOSE, G.W.,AND OTHERS, 1919, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 17, P. 99-113

  • Production

    REFERENCE(1)

  • Reserve-Resource

    REFERENCE(1); UNPUBLISHED COBALT REPORT ; UNPUBLISHED CO.-NI. SUMMARY REPORTS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ABOUT 12 MINES AND NUMEROUS PROSPECTS; MANY OLD OPEN CUTS, WORKINGS, AND PITS. PRINCIPAL MINES THAT HAVE PRODUCED MN ARE THE LYNDHURST, MOUNT TORRY, KENNEDY, RED MOUNTAIN, MINE BANK, AND VESUVIUS MINESRECORD #W000316 HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD TO AVOID DUPLICATION-GLENN L. SHAFFER, 2/75.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1972 Coury, Anny B. U.S. Geological Survey

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