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Horne Prospect

Occurrence in Wythe county in Virginia, United States with commodity 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. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067290
MRDS ID VA01781
Record type Site
Current site name Horne Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.25593, 36.8359 (WGS84)
Elevation 823
Relative position 10,500 FT. N 76 DEGREES E OF JCT SR 749 AND 614 IN CEDAR SPRINGS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wythe(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cedar Springs(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

  • ON RIDGE TOP, EAST OF GRAY BRANCH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.25593, 36.8359
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N85E
    Dip 44 SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1915

Mining district

District name Pulaski-Wythe

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Bluefield Metal Mining Co.
    Home office Bluefield, West Virginia.

Comments on the workings information

  • ON RIDGE TOP, THERE IS ONE E-W TRENCH, 8 FT. DEEP, 50' LONG, SPOIL PILED ON N & S RIMS. ONE RED SS OC - N85E, 44 SE, 2 FT EXPOSURE . REST IS SAP. WITH CHUNKS OF MN ORE OCCASIONALLY FLOATING IN IT.

Comments on development

  • REPORTED A "LINE OF PITS AND TRENCHES...120 FT LONG...12 FT. MAX DEPTH" NOT CONSIDERED WORKABLE AT TIME OF TRENCHING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STOSE, G.W., MISER, H.D., KATZ, F.J., HEWETT, D.F., 1919, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE WEST FOOT OF THE BLUE RIDGE, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 17, P. 139.

  • Deposit

    MRS. ERNEST HORNE, 1988, PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS, CEDAR SPRINGS, VIRGINIA.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1910-1920
Deposit ORE ZONE REPORTEDLY 2 TO 4 FT. WIDE-FRACTURED W/MAJOR FRACS DIPPING 65-70 DEGREES S.

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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