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Arminius Mine

Prospect in Louisa county in Virginia, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, Sulfur, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid, Zinc
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10155420
MRDS ID W000459
MAS/MILS ID 0511090049
Record type Site
Current site name Arminius Mine
Related records 10067660

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -77.89691, 38.03475 (WGS84)
Elevation 122
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Louisa(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mineral(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fredericksburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Washington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pamunkey(hydrologic unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Louisa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Sulfur Secondary
Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid Secondary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -77.89691, 38.03475
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20E
    Dip 60S
    Thickness 7M
    Length 335M
    Area 46HA
    Depth to top 250M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #2 MASSIVE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control FOLDING
    Secondary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SERICITIC
    Strike And Dip N20E:60S
    Minimum Depth to Top 61
    Total Surface Area (HA) 46
    Date of Last Modification 810416

Comments on the geologic information

  • ACTUAL MINERALIZATION FOLLOWS THE FOLIATION OF THE METAMORPHIC ROCK(SCHISTS).
  • ACTUAL PYRITE AMOUNT IS 52.03% BY WT. ACTUAL QUARTZ AMOUNT IS 30.26% BY WT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Medium
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1830
Mining method Shrinkage Methods - Overhand Shrinkage
Year of first production 1840

Mining district

District name Virginia Gold Pyrite

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner W. B. Gilman Logging Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Virginia
    Year 1993

Comments on the production information

  • ACTUAL RECOVERY OF S IN SO2 IS 20.8%. ACTUAL RECOVERY OF ZN IN ZNSO4 IS 100.8 PERCENT. ZN RECOVERY IS GREATER THAN 100 PERCENT BECAUSE SOME OF THE ZN ADDED AS A REAGENT IS RECOVERED. ACTUAL RECOVERY OF S IN H2SO4 IS 60.9 PERCENT.
  • SPECIFIC PAST PRODUCTION RECORDS ARE UNAVAILABLE

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1976
    Inferred 3450000mt ore
    Total resources 3450000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 4 wt-pct Zinc Major 1976
    Lead Pb 0.6 wt-pct Lead Trace 1976

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MINING RECOVERY = 90%
  • GULF & WESTERN INDUSTRIES, INC. PROSPECTUS, 1976, PP. 36-37.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 20000M
    Overall depth 317M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OVERHAND SHRINKAGE 10-67
    Percent Recovery 90
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING MAY BACK SLAB
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER
    Number of Shafts 3
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 274
    Number of Adits 5
    1st Condition of Workings FLOODED
    Capacity 680
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 18.2
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 350
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1980

Comments on the workings information

  • TOTAL LAND HOLDING IS 139 HECTARES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    *BOYLE, W.H. REPORT ON THE ARMINIUS MINES AT MINERAL,

  • Deposit

    VIRGINIA. THE NEW JERSEY ZINC CO. SEPTEMBER 21,

  • Deposit

    1951, 12 PP.

  • Deposit

    CALLAHAN MINING CORPORATION LETTER OF CORRESPONDENCE TO

  • Deposit

    R.C. BOWYER. SEPT. 8, 1980, P. 1,

  • Deposit

    PLUS ENCLOSURES, 2 PP.

  • Deposit

    HOOVER, A. SHRINKAGE STOPING. SME MINING ENGINEERING

  • Deposit

    HANDBOOK, VOL. 1, CHAPTER 12, 1973, PP. 135 - 140.

  • Deposit

    *KAZDA. R.F., AND R.W. HOOVER. ARMINIUS MINE, LOUISA

  • Deposit

    COUNTY, VIRGINIA. CALLAHAN MINING CORPORATION, JUNE

  • Deposit

    1978, 20 PP.

  • Deposit

    *LAKE, J.L. PROCESS FOR RECOVERY OF ZINC SULFATE,

  • Deposit

    SULFURIC ACID, LIQUID SO2, AND CATHODE COPPER FROM

  • Deposit

    ARMINIUS MINE ORE. CALLAHAN MINING CORPORATION,

  • Deposit

    NOVEMBER 1, 1978, 51 PP.

  • Deposit

    LONSDALE, J.T. GEOLOGY OF THE GOLD-PYRITE BELT OF THE

  • Deposit

    NORTHEAST PIEDMONT, VIRGINIA. VIRGINIA GEOL. SURV.

  • Deposit

    BULL. 30, 1927, 110 PP.

  • Deposit

    NASON, F.L. ORIGIN OF THE IRON PYRITE DEPOSITS IN LOUISA

  • Deposit

    COUNTY, VIRGINIA: THE ENGINEERING AND MINERAL

  • Deposit

    JOURNAL. 1894. PP. 414 - 416.

  • Deposit

    VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, VIRGINIA MINERALS,

  • Deposit

    V. 22, NO. 2, JAMES L. CLEAVER, COMMISSIONER,

  • Deposit

    MAY 1976, P. 23.

  • Deposit

    *COMPANY REPORTS CAN BE OBTAINED FROM CALLAHAN MINING

  • Deposit

    CORPORATION.

Comments on the references

  • REPORTS DESIGNATED AS HAVING BEEN PREPARED FOR A SPECIFIC COMPANY MAY BE OBTAINED ONLY FROM THAT COMPANY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-OCT-1996 Weaver, M.A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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