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Haywood Prospect

Occurrence in Smyth county in Virginia, United States with commodities Manganese, Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067271
MRDS ID VA01762
Record type Site
Current site name Haywood Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.53176, 36.76202 (WGS84)
Elevation 792
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 2200 FT., S 66 DEGREES W OF CARMI CHURCH IN CAMP., Est Within 1500 Feet

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Smyth(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Marion(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wytheville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winston-Salem(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Holston(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(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 Smyth

Comments on the location information

  • ON EAST NOSE OF LITTLE MTN., WEST OF GRANNY BRANCH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Psilomelane Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Shady
    Rock description Shady
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.53176, 36.76202
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE HAS BEEN NOTED BY STOSE, ET. AL. (1919) TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH A BRECCIATED ERWIN/SHADY ZONE. ORE OCCURS AS CEMENTING AGENT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875

Mining district

District name Pulaski-Wythe

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.101HA

Comments on the workings information

  • PROBABLY LESS THAN 10 FEET OF ORE ZONE. COULD BE MORE PITS HERE THAT HAVE BEEN FILLED IN.

Comments on development

  • 2 SHALLOW ROUGHLY CIRCULAR PITS, 5' DEEP, 10' DIA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STOSE, G.W., MISER, L.D., KATZ, F.J., AND HEWETT, D.F., MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE WEST FOOT OF THE BLUE RIDGE, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETING 17, P. 142.

  • Deposit

    OLD LADY AT CAMP STORE, 1988, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: LATE 1800'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-88 Wilkes, Gerald P. (Sweet, Palmer C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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