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Davis Place

Occurrence in Wythe 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. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067283
MRDS ID VA01774
Record type Site
Current site name Davis Place

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.19342, 36.86285 (WGS84)
Elevation 866
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 9200 FT, NSE JUNCTION OF PENN BRANCH AND CRIPPLE CRK., Est Within 2000 Feet

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wythe(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Speedwell(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wytheville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper New(hydrologic unit)

Kanawha(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kanawha(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Wythe

Comments on the location information

  • SE FLANK OF HENLEY MTN, 1/2 MILE NE OF CALVARY CHURCH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

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) Erwin and Hampton Formations
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1925

Mining district

District name Pulaski-Wythe

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • OXIDES OF IRON AND MN NODDULES WERE REPORTED TO OCCUR HERE. NO PITS OF OTHER EXPL. DEV. JAS BEEM KNOWN TO HAPPEN HERE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STOSE, G.W., MISER, H.D., KATZ, H.J., AND HEWETT, D.F., 1919, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE WEST FOOT OF THE BLUE RIDGE, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 17, P. 132.

  • Deposit

    OLD LADY IN STORE AT CRIPPLE CREEK, 1988, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S
Deposit OCCURANCE OF ORE

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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