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Mount Torry Mine Lyndhurst-Vesuv

Past Producer in Augusta county in Virginia, United States with commodities Cobalt, Iron, Manganese
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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 10252281
MAS/MILS ID 0510150004
Record type Site
Current site name Mount Torry Mine Lyndhurst-Vesuv

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -78.98724, 37.95195 (WGS84)
Elevation 555
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Augusta(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sherando(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillwyn(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chert Unknown
Clay Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Psilomelane Unknown
Pyrolusite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Wad Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -78.98724, 37.95195
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40W
    Dip 00N
    Length 2438M
    Width 805M
    Area 115HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Type of Orebody #2 OTHER
    Type of Orebody #3 REPLACEMENT
    Primary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Secondary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 OTHER
    Strike And Dip N40W:00N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 15
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 5
    Total Surface Area (HA) 115
    Date of Last Modification 820616

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1880

Mining district

District name Lyndhurst-Vesuvius District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner National Manganese Corp.
    Interest 100
    Year 1974
  • Type Operator
    Owner Blue Mountain Operating Corp. (Lessees)
    Year 1974

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORDS 800-838 OF 1976 ENTRY BULL 940-F - EXPLORATION, LOCATION, ROCK AND DEPOSIT, AND MI WORKINGS INFORMATION. GENERAL INFO FOR ALL RECORDS. BULL 940-J - COBALT INFORMATION. BULL 17 - EARLY EXPLORATION, ECON. ANG GANGUE DATA. RECORD 030/ LOCATION MADE WITH REFERENCE TO THE TULLIDGE CUT MINE ACTIVITY HAS BEEN MOST CONCENTRATED. OTHER DEVELOPED A INCLUDE THE KIDNEY CUT (UTM N 4201320, E 676590) AND THE TUR CUT ON THE BIG LEVELS 7.5 TOPO (UTM N 4201020, E 675600) RECORD.040/ A CREEK ON THE PROPERTY WAS DAMMED TO FORM A RES DEPOSIT IS 13 MILES SOUTH OF WAYNESBORO VA. AND IS WITHIN TH GEORGE WASHINGTON NATIONAL FOREST TRAILS & CAMPGROUNDS ARE I MAX. AREA DISTURBED WAS ROUGHLY MEASURED FROM THE MINE MAPS 940-F AND THE CONFID. REPT. AND IT INCLUDES THE 3 MAIN WORKI THE ROADS CONNECTING THEM. RECORD 050/ THE DEPOSIT WAS EXAMINED AND SAMPLED BY THE BURE MINES (1940) AND PIERCE (1943). METH 1-4 BEFORE 1893. RECORD 060/ SANDSTONE IS BRECCIATED. RECORD 071/ COBALT IS ADSORBED ON CRYPTOMELANE AND WAS DEPOS GROUND WATER. ONE SAMPLE CONTAINED 0.36% CO.(REC 703) AND WA ORE CONTAINED 42-48% MN, 5% FE, 4-6% SILICA, & 0.08% PHOS.(R RECORD 080 / MN AND FE OXIDES OCCUR AS NODULES IN RESIDUAL C AS FRACTURE FILLINGS AND REPLACEMENTS IN SANDSTONE. THE DEPOSIT IS SITUATED IN A NE PLUNGING SYNCLINE THAT IS TO GRAPHICALLY EXPRESSED AS A VALLEY WITH RIDGES OF ANTIETAM QU AT KIDNEY CUT ORE OCCURS AS NODULES IN CLAY AND SANDSTONE AN IMPREGNATIONS ALONG JOINTS AND BEDDING PLANES. AT TURKEY PEN IN SMALL VEINS, LUMPS, & NODULES IN RED AND YELLOW CLAYS CLO THE ANTIETAM CONTACT. THE LOWER WORKINGS (TULLIDGE) EXHIBIT SEAMS AND CEMENTING MATATERIAL IN A BRECCIA OF ANGULAR, OFTE ENSIDED CHERT FRAGS AND PARTIALLY ALTERED OOLITIC LS. ADJACE THIS ZONE PATCHES OF PYROLUCITE AND PSILOMELANE OCCUR IN RED YELLOW CLAYS. THE PRINCIPAL MIN IS PSILOMELANE OCCURRING IN OIDAL NODULES AND SOLID IRREGULAR CORD LIKE MASSESS 6 IN THI A FT OR MORE IN LENGTH. REPLACEMENT OCCURS IN VARYING PEG AN VEINS OF PSILOMELANE PENETRATE LIMONITE. DEPOSIT DIMENSIONS WERE TAKEN FROM REC 701 AND STRIKE WAS ESTMATED TREND OF STRUCTURE ON TOPO MAP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Sapakoff U.S. Bureau of Mines

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