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Vesuvius Mine

Past Producer in Augusta county in Virginia, United States with commodities Manganese, Iron, Cobalt, Nickel
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080127
MRDS ID W031210
Record type Site
Current site name Vesuvius Mine
Alternate or previous names Fauber Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.17142, 37.91199 (WGS84)
Elevation 555
Relative position 2.2 KM (1.4 MI) NE OF VESUVIUS.
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Augusta

Comments on the location information

  • ON NW SIDE OF EXTENSION OF STATE ROAD 702, 1.2 KM (0.8 MI) BY ROAD SE OF JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 608. GRID LOCATION IS FOR APPROXIMATE CENTER OF MINING AREA. LAND IS PARTIALLY PRIVATELY OWNED AND PARTIALLY PART OF THE PEDLAR RANGER DIST., GEORGE WASHINGTON NAT'L. FOREST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Primary
Iron Secondary
Cobalt Secondary
Nickel Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CRYPTOMELANE COMMONLY OCCURS AS BOTRYOIDAL NODULES.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore
Hematite Ore
Lithiophorite Ore
Manganite Ore
Pyrolusite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Rock unit name Shady Formation
    Rock description Shady Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.17142, 37.91199
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Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Buena Vista Anticline/Steeles Tavern Syncline, Thrust Faulting, Ne-Sw Trend

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Residuum

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1901
Year of last production 1959

Mining district

District name Lyndhurst-Vesuvius District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner South River Mining Co.

Production statistics

  • Year 1956
    Material ORE MN
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^45.42% Mn, Average
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 45wt-pct
  • Year 1957
    Material ORE MN
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^43.12% Mn, Average
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 43wt-pct
  • Year 1958
    Material ORE MN
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^41.77% Mn, Average
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 42wt-pct
  • Year 1959
    Material ORE MN
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^42.04% Mn, Average
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 42wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • ORIGINAL DATA IN LONG TONS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 91M
    Overall depth 49M
    Overall length 914.4M
    Overall width 300M

Comments on development

  • SOUTH RIVER MINING COMPANY INSTALLED WASHING AND CONCENTRATING PLANT CONSISTING OF 3 LOG WASHERS, CRUSHERS, BELT CONVEYORS, AND A SINGLE TANK WEMCO HEAVY MEDIA UNIT. ; ECON.COM: MILL ERECTED (1908?)

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS W031210

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KNECHTEL, M.M., 1943, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE LYNDHURST-VESUVIUS DISTRICT, AUGUSTA AND ROCKBRIDGE COUNTIES, VIRGINIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 940-F, 198 P.

  • Deposit

    STOSE, G.W., MISER, H.D, KATZ, F.J., AND HEWETT, D.F., 1919, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE WEST FOOT OF THE BLUE RIDGE, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULLETIN 17, 166 P.

  • Deposit

    WERNER, H.J., 1966, GEOLOGY OF THE VESUVIUS QUADRANGLE, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 7, 53 P.

  • Deposit

    SPURGEON, R.C. AND O'CONNELL, E.J., 1958, SOUTH RIVER MINE WHIPS A TOUGH MN ORE PROBLEM IN VIRGINIA, MINING AND ENGINEERING JOURNAL, VOL 159, NO 5.

  • Deposit

    1940 DIREXPL VIRGINIA MANGANESE CORP.: WORKED MINE 1940-41, POSSIBLY LONGER; INSTALLED 3 JIGS, SHIPPED 1 CARLOAD IN 1941.

  • Deposit

    1955 DIREXPL SOUTH RIVER MINING CO.: BUCKET DRILLED SITE AND SHIPPED HIGH-GRADE ORE TO GOVERNMENT STOCKPILE BETWEEN JUNE 1956 AND NOVEMBER, 1959; MR. RICHARD SPURGEON, SR. MANAGED THE OPERATION, PROBABLY AIDED BY GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY.

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL WORKED INITIALLY AS FAUBER MINE (ONE SHAFT SUNK. AROUND 1908 WORKED BY MANGANESE CORP. OF VA.; TWO MORE SHAFTS BEING SUNK. BY 1917 MINING OPERATIONS CEASED. 16 CARLOADS WERE SHIPPED IN 1919, PROBABLY DUE TO OPERATION BY VESUVIUS MANGANESE CORP.

  • Production

    KNECHTEL (1943), ITEMS 8-11); VDMR FILES, ITEMS 1-4)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN JAN 1987,THE PIT WAS WATER-FILLED AND SCRUB PINE COVERED THE TAILINGS-DUMPS AND SURROUNDINGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1979 Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources
Updater 01-JUL-1987 Sweet, Palmer C. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources