No.2 Workings

Past Producer in Rockbridge county in Virginia, United States with commodity Tin

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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10179581
MAS/MILS ID	0511630008
Record type	Site
Current site name	No.2 Workings
Alternate or previous names	Irish Creek Tin Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference	Ore Body
Geographic coordinates:	-79.16535, 37.84865 (WGS84)
Elevation	827
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Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Virginia	Rockbridge

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Tin	Tertiary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Ankerite	Unknown
Arsenopyrite	Unknown
Beryl	Unknown
Biotite	Unknown
Cassiterite	Unknown
Chlorite	Unknown
Fluorite	Unknown
Ilmenite	Unknown
Muscovite	Unknown
Phenacite	Unknown
Quartz	Unknown
Scheelite	Unknown
Siderite	Unknown
Tourmaline	Unknown
Wolframite	Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1)	-79.16535, 37.84865	ListMap

Ore body information

Strike

N70E

Dip

75S

Depth to top

Length

152M

Area

7HA

Field	Value
Type of Orebody #1	REPLACEMENT
Shape of Orebody #1	TABULAR
Primary mode of Origin	CONT METASOMATIC
Primary Ore Control	FRACTURING
Degree of Wallrock Alter.	MODERATE
Type of Wallrock Alter. #1	SERICITIC
Strike And Dip	N70E
Minimum Depth to Top	0
Total Surface Area (HA)	7
Date of Last Modification	780213

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type	Surface-Underground
Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No
Discovery year	1846
Year of first production	1885

Mining district

District name	Irish Creek

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights	Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights	Unknown

Land status

Ownership category	National Forest

Ownership information

Type Unknown

Owner Bethlehem Steel Co.

Home office Pennsylvania

Year 1975

Type	Unknown
Owner	Bethlehem Steel Co.
Home office	Pennsylvania
Year	1975

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
U.S. Bureau of Mines	Minerals Availability System	MAS	0511630008

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	1975 ENTRY - 3000 LBS SENT TO ENGLAND AS TRIAL LOT (1883) LBS ON DUMPS (1886). SPECIMENS SENT TO NEW ORLEANS EXPOSITIO -85). RECORDED PRODUCTION OF TIN ORE FROM NO.2 WORKINGS (189 WAS 1010.1 TONS ORE CONTAINING 1774 POUNDS TIN. (REC 701. TA RECORDS 010 AND 020/ THE PROPERTY HAS REPEATEDLY BECOME INVO LITIGATION AND OWNERSHIP DATA IS INCONCLUSIVE IN THE LITERAT BETHLEHEM STEEL LAST WORKED IN THIS AREA WHEN 4 HOLES WERE D IN 1942 -(REC 701 PP 286-7) RECORD 060/ ORE DEPOSITION/ INTRUSION OF GRANODIORITE IN GNE SCHIST, META. OF GRANODIORITE & GNEISS, FRAC.& FM.OF QTZ. FI GREISENIZATION OF HOST ROCK (FM OF CASSITERITE ALONG FRACTUR INGS), FM OF LATE VEIN MINERALS, FM OF SURFICIA ALTERATION P (REC 700 P 65) REC 060 FIELD 56-58, UNSPECIFIED IG.= QTZ FISSURE VEINS FIELD 61-63, FELSIC IG=GEISEN, FIELD 66-73, GNEISS AND SCHIS TRY ROCK OF GNEISS AND SCHIST. REC 080 FIELD 53-58- NO.2 WORKINGS GROUP OF LODES (FAULTED A PLACED) HAS KNOWN LEGNTH OF 500 FT. (REC 701 P 291) REC 070-1-2 MINERALOGY OF GREISEN LODE ORE (REC 701 PP 281-2 REC. 080, INDIVIDUAL LODES STRIKE FROM N 45 E TO N 70 E AND FROM 50 DEGREES SOUTH TO VERTICAL REC 050 DURING 1942 DIAMOND DRILL HOLES 4 AND 5 WERE BEING ALTHOUGH THEIR LOCATIONS ARE UNKNOWN.

Subject category

Comment text

Deposit

1975 ENTRY - 3000 LBS SENT TO ENGLAND AS TRIAL LOT (1883) LBS ON DUMPS (1886). SPECIMENS SENT TO NEW ORLEANS EXPOSITIO -85). RECORDED PRODUCTION OF TIN ORE FROM NO.2 WORKINGS (189 WAS 1010.1 TONS ORE CONTAINING 1774 POUNDS TIN. (REC 701. TA RECORDS 010 AND 020/ THE PROPERTY HAS REPEATEDLY BECOME INVO LITIGATION AND OWNERSHIP DATA IS INCONCLUSIVE IN THE LITERAT BETHLEHEM STEEL LAST WORKED IN THIS AREA WHEN 4 HOLES WERE D IN 1942 -(REC 701 PP 286-7) RECORD 060/ ORE DEPOSITION/ INTRUSION OF GRANODIORITE IN GNE SCHIST, META. OF GRANODIORITE & GNEISS, FRAC.& FM.OF QTZ. FI GREISENIZATION OF HOST ROCK (FM OF CASSITERITE ALONG FRACTUR INGS), FM OF LATE VEIN MINERALS, FM OF SURFICIA ALTERATION P (REC 700 P 65) REC 060 FIELD 56-58, UNSPECIFIED IG.= QTZ FISSURE VEINS FIELD 61-63, FELSIC IG=GEISEN, FIELD 66-73, GNEISS AND SCHIS TRY ROCK OF GNEISS AND SCHIST. REC 080 FIELD 53-58- NO.2 WORKINGS GROUP OF LODES (FAULTED A PLACED) HAS KNOWN LEGNTH OF 500 FT. (REC 701 P 291) REC 070-1-2 MINERALOGY OF GREISEN LODE ORE (REC 701 PP 281-2 REC. 080, INDIVIDUAL LODES STRIKE FROM N 45 E TO N 70 E AND FROM 50 DEGREES SOUTH TO VERTICAL REC 050 DURING 1942 DIAMOND DRILL HOLES 4 AND 5 WERE BEING ALTHOUGH THEIR LOCATIONS ARE UNKNOWN.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	27-FEB-84	Sapakoff	U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor	04-JAN-11	Nicholson, S.W.	U.S. Geological Survey	Reviewed location. Identified records 10131281 (No. 1 Workings Irish Creek) 10179581 (No. 2 Workings) as subsets of master Irish Creek record (10008886)