| Deposit ID | 10227685 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0511850006 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Pocahontas Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Tiller Mine |
| Point of reference | Trench |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -81.44012, 37.18447 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 920 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Tazewell(county)
Virginia(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Tiptop(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Bluefield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Bluefield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Middle New(hydrologic unit)
Kanawha(hydrologic accounting unit)
Kanawha(hydrologic subregion)
Ohio(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Virginia | Tazewell |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chert | Unknown |
| Clay | Unknown |
| Hematite | Unknown |
| Psilomelane | Unknown |
| Trench (1) | -81.44012, 37.18447 |
|---|
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| Operation type | Surface-Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1918 |
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Pocahontas Manganese Corp |
| Home office | West Virginia |
| Year | 1974 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0511850006 |
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | RECORDS 800-822 OF 1976 ENTRY BULL 940-J - COBALT INFORMATION. BULL 23 - GENERAL INFO FOR ALL RECORDS. RECORD 040/ PROPERTY IS 2 MILES SOUTH OF TIPTOP AND IS WITHI JEFFERSON NATIONAL FOREST. SEVERAL FARMS IN AREA. PROPERTY H LOCATED ON A STRIP MINE ON 1958 TOPO MAP WHICH IS IN A WOODE BECAUSE OF UNCERTAINTY OF LOCATION AND DISTANCE BETWEEN WORK MAX. SUR. AREA DIST. WAS NOT RECORDED RECORD 050/ ONE CARLOAD SHIPPED IN 1918. DEPOSIT WAS EXAMINED AND SAMPLED BY PIERCE (1943). SEVERAL S PITS, 15 FT DEEP TRENCH, AND 30 FT SHAFT ARE ON HILL CREST. TUNNELS DRIVEN INTO SE SIDE OF HILL 100 AND 200 FT BELOW SHA A RAISE WAS DRIVEN BETWEEN THEM BELOW SHAFT. 2 PITS AND 182 NEL ARE SW OF SHAFT RECORD 070/ COBALT IS ADSORBED ON CRYPTOMELANE AND WAS DEPOS GROUND WATER. A SAMPLE CONTAINED 0.42% CO (REC 700) AND AN A ANALYSIS SHOWED 38.4% MN, 3.1% FE, 10.02% SILICA. RECORD 080/ MN AND FE OXIDES OCCUR IN BRECCIATED CHERT AND R CLAY OF THE KNOX DOLOMITE. IRON OX. NODULES AND CHERT WITH V OF ORE ABUNDANT ON SURFACE. CREST WORKINGS FOLLOW VERTICAL Z ORE-BEARING BRECCIATED CHERT AND TUNNELS INTERSECT ZONE FROM SW OF SHAFT WORKINGS ENCOUNTER GOOD GRADE CRYSTALLINE MN ORE SIDUAL CLAY AND CHERT. NOT ENOUGH DATA TO RECORD MIN ZONE DI |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-84 | Sapakoff | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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