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Jones Prospect

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. 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 10067292
MRDS ID VA01783
Record type Site
Current site name Jones Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.14564, 36.86813 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 2100 FEET N 36 DEGREES W OF JCT SR 690 & 684 AT STROUPS STORE., 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

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

  • IN DRAINAGE AT SOUTHERN BASE OF SAND MTN., ONE MILE WEST OF MATNEY FLATS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
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) -81.14564, 36.86813
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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 1875

Mining district

District name Pulaski-Wythe District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE OR TWO PROSPECT PITS MAY HAVE BEEN AT THIS SITE.

Comments on development

  • STOSE (1919) IN 1917 NOTED A SMALL PIT AT THIS LOCATION WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN A PROSPECT. NO INDICATION OF PITS IN THIS AREA IN 1988.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STOSE, G.W., MISER, H.D., KATZ, F.J., AND HEWETT, D.F., 1919, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE WEST FOOT OF THE BLUE RIDGE, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 17, P. 134.

  • Deposit

    MR. B. HAGEE, RT. 3, WYTHEVILLE, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: LATE 1800'S

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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