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No.2 Workings

Past Producer in Rockbridge county in Virginia, United States with commodity Tin
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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. Links to other databases
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10179581
MAS/MILS ID 0511630008
Record type Site
Current site name No.2 Workings
Alternate or previous names Irish Creek Tin Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -79.16535, 37.84865 (WGS84)
Elevation 827

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rockbridge(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Montebello(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Buena Vista(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roanoke(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Maury(hydrologic unit)

James(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(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 Rockbridge

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ankerite Unknown
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Beryl Unknown
Biotite Unknown
Cassiterite Unknown
Chlorite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Ilmenite Unknown
Muscovite Unknown
Phenacite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Scheelite Unknown
Siderite Unknown
Tourmaline Unknown
Wolframite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -79.16535, 37.84865
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N70E
    Dip 75S
    Length 152M
    Area 7HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SERICITIC
    Strike And Dip N70E:75S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 7
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1846
Year of first production 1885

Mining district

District name Irish Creek

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Bethlehem Steel Co.
    Home office Pennsylvania
    Year 1975

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1975 ENTRY - 3000 LBS SENT TO ENGLAND AS TRIAL LOT (1883) LBS ON DUMPS (1886). SPECIMENS SENT TO NEW ORLEANS EXPOSITIO -85). RECORDED PRODUCTION OF TIN ORE FROM NO.2 WORKINGS (189 WAS 1010.1 TONS ORE CONTAINING 1774 POUNDS TIN. (REC 701. TA RECORDS 010 AND 020/ THE PROPERTY HAS REPEATEDLY BECOME INVO LITIGATION AND OWNERSHIP DATA IS INCONCLUSIVE IN THE LITERAT BETHLEHEM STEEL LAST WORKED IN THIS AREA WHEN 4 HOLES WERE D IN 1942 -(REC 701 PP 286-7) RECORD 060/ ORE DEPOSITION/ INTRUSION OF GRANODIORITE IN GNE SCHIST, META. OF GRANODIORITE & GNEISS, FRAC.& FM.OF QTZ. FI GREISENIZATION OF HOST ROCK (FM OF CASSITERITE ALONG FRACTUR INGS), FM OF LATE VEIN MINERALS, FM OF SURFICIA ALTERATION P (REC 700 P 65) REC 060 FIELD 56-58, UNSPECIFIED IG.= QTZ FISSURE VEINS FIELD 61-63, FELSIC IG=GEISEN, FIELD 66-73, GNEISS AND SCHIS TRY ROCK OF GNEISS AND SCHIST. REC 080 FIELD 53-58- NO.2 WORKINGS GROUP OF LODES (FAULTED A PLACED) HAS KNOWN LEGNTH OF 500 FT. (REC 701 P 291) REC 070-1-2 MINERALOGY OF GREISEN LODE ORE (REC 701 PP 281-2 REC. 080, INDIVIDUAL LODES STRIKE FROM N 45 E TO N 70 E AND FROM 50 DEGREES SOUTH TO VERTICAL REC 050 DURING 1942 DIAMOND DRILL HOLES 4 AND 5 WERE BEING ALTHOUGH THEIR LOCATIONS ARE UNKNOWN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Sapakoff U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 04-JAN-11 Nicholson, S.W. U.S. Geological Survey Reviewed location. Identified records 10131281 (No. 1 Workings Irish Creek) 10179581 (No. 2 Workings) as subsets of master Irish Creek record (10008886)

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