Church Mountain Mine

Past Producer in Rockbridge county in Virginia, United States with commodities Cobalt, Manganese
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  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. Links to other databases
  10. General comments
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10300707
MAS/MILS ID 0511630015
Record type Site
Current site name Church Mountain Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.62473, 38.40834 (WGS84)
Elevation 408

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rockingham(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elkton East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Charlottesville(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 Rockbridge

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.62473, 38.40834

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REC 010 2.48% COBALT REPORTED IN SAMPLE ANALYSIS (700 PG 274 REC 030 LOCATION SAID TO BE NEAR ELKTON, MINE SYMBOL CHOSEN CHURCH MOUNTAIN MINE, BUT NO DIRECT PROOF IF THIS IS CORRECT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-1983 Schmidt U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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