Happy Creek

Past Producer in Warren county in Virginia, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese
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Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10179769
MAS/MILS ID 0511870001
Record type Site
Current site name Happy Creek
Alternate or previous names Seibel Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -78.25531, 38.92924 (WGS84)
Elevation 244

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Warren(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Strasburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Front Royal(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlottesville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Shenandoah(hydrologic unit)

Potomac(hydrologic accounting unit)

Potomac(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Warren

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -78.25531, 38.92924

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1914
Year of first production 1914

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Seibel Iron Mines Inc.
    Home office Pennsylvania
    Year 1974

Comments on the production information

  • MINE WAS OPERATED FROM 1914 TO 1917. DURING PEAK PRODUCTION, CENT MANGANESE, 21 PERCENT IRON ORE WAS SHIPPED AT RATE OF 3 PER MONTH.

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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