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Housman 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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067291
MRDS ID VA01782
Record type Site
Current site name Housman Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.1487, 36.86396 (WGS84)
Elevation 805
Relative position 2000 FT. N 83 DEGREES W OF JCT. SR 690 & 684 (AT STROUPS STORE)

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

  • IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF ROADCUT ON SR 690; IN VALLEY BETWEEN HENLEY AND SAND MTN.; ABOUT A MILE WEST OF MATNEY FLAT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrrhotite 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) -81.1487, 36.86396
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 80 DEGREES E
    Dip 70 DEGREES SE
    Thickness 3.05M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 3.05M

Comments on the geologic information

  • IN ROADCUT JUST BELOW PITS IS RESIDUAL SHADY WITH MN/FE NODULES. TO THE WEST (APPROX 100 FT.) IS CONTACT WITH THE UNDERLYING ERWIN QTZITE.

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 District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.101HA

Comments on the workings information

  • CONSISTS OF (3) CIRCULAR PITS, 20 FT. DIA. BY 5 FT. DEEP, AND A NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED TRENCH, 25 FEET LONG AND 5 TO 7 FEET DEEP. FERRIGENOUS SANDSTONE BOULDERS OCCUR IN SPOIL. SOME MN STAINING ON BOULDERS.

Comments on development

  • ON LAND OF E.B. HOUSMAN (STOSE, ET.AL., 1919) IN EARLY 1800'S.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBSERVATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: LATE 1800'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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