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Gleaves Knob 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. 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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067287
MRDS ID VA01778
Record type Site
Current site name Gleaves Knob Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.06037, 36.84174 (WGS84)
Elevation 792
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 4000 FT., N82S OF JCT SR 642 AND 643 IN DOWNTOWN EAGLE., Est Within 1000 Feet, Est Within 1000 Feet

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

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 Wythe

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR SUMMIT OF GLEAVES KNOB, ON EAST END OF RIDGE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Erwin
    Rock description Erwin
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.06037, 36.84174
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 30 DEGREES E
    Dip 20 DEGREES SE

Comments on the geologic information

  • GLEAVES KNOB IS RESIDUAL REMNANT OF ERWIN QTZITE. THE ERWIN IS INTBDED WITH STEEL-BLUE QTZITE AND LESS-CONSOLIDATED SAND AND SILT BEDS.

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
    Length 6.1M
    Overall depth 1.52M

Comments on the workings information

  • CONSIST OF CUT AND FILL EXCAVATIONS ON SLOPE OF MTN. HIGHWALL ABOUT 5 FT., CUT APPROXIMATELY 20 FT. LONG.

Comments on development

  • IN THE LATE 1800'S, THRE PITS WERE PUT IN ON THE SOUTHEAST PART OF GLEAVES KNOB. NO FURTHER DEVELOPMENT WAS DONE AFTER THIS ACTIVITY (STOSE, ET. AL., 1919).

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. 137.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: LATE 1800'S
Deposit IRON AND MANGANESE OCCUR AS OXIDE STAINS ON BEDDING & JOINTING PLANES OF SANDSTONE.
Deposit THERE'S A GAWD-AWFUL GOOD VIEW OF THE BLUE RIDGE AND THE CRIPPLE CREEK VALLEY FROM HERE... ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV; 5 PERS COMM

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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