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Eagle Prospect

Occurrence in Wythe county in Virginia, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese
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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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067285
MRDS ID VA01776
Record type Site
Current site name Eagle Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.04203, 36.83674 (WGS84)
Elevation 671
Relative position 1000 FT., S 27 DEGREE E OF JCT SR 642 AND 643 IN DOWNTOWN EAGLE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wythe(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cripple Creek(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)

Federal lands

George Washington National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

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 Wythe

Comments on the location information

  • 2500 FT. SE OF EAGLE CLIFF, IN FIELD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
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) -81.04203, 36.83674
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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 1945

Mining district

District name Pulaski-Wythe

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS WERE REPORTEDLY SHALLOW TRENCHES (<10' DEEP, 20' LONG) - THEY HAVE SINCE BEEN FILLED WITH STUMPS AND LEVELED.

Comments on development

  • THIS AREA WAS PROSPECTED IN THE 1940'S WITH A DOZER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CURRINS, I.A., 1988, PERSONNAL COMMUNICATION: CRIPPLE CREEK, VIRGINIA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1940'S
Deposit ORE OCCURS NEAR BASE OF THE SHADY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1988 Wilkes, Gerald P. (Sweet, Palmer C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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