Chestnut Flat Mine

Occurrence in Giles county in Virginia, United States with commodity Iron
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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. Links to other databases
  9. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067208
MRDS ID V001793
Record type Site
Current site name Chestnut Flat Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.84147, 37.27507 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Giles(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Narrows(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Radford(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)

Federal lands

Jefferson 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 Giles

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.84147, 37.27507

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST ROCK IS SANDSTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1989 Gair, Jac (Sweet, P.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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