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Manning and Squiers Pits Prospect

Occurrence in Wythe county in Virginia, United States with commodities Zinc, Sulfur-Pyrite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080258
MRDS ID W031366
Record type Site
Current site name Manning and Squiers Pits Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.81647, 36.91674 (WGS84)
Relative position EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wythe(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fosters Falls(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Galax(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

  • PITS ARE EAST AND NORTHEAST OF THE BERTHA MINES. LOCATION NOT VERIFIED BY R.S. GOOD IN APRIL, 1988.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Sulfur-Pyrite Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COMMODITIES ARE BASED ON THOSE AT THE BERTHA MINE WHICH HAS A SIMILAR GEOLOGY

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Dolomite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation Of Primary Zinc Sulphides

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 228
USGS model code 32b
Deposit model name Mississippi Valley, Appalachian Zn
Mark3 model number 42

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Clay Residuum;Shady Dolomite
    Rock description Clay Residuum;Shady Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.81647, 36.91674
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend, Galena Synclinal Basin
Type of structure Local
Structure description Sayer School Fault, Hematite Mountain Overthrust

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Clay Residuum Of Dolomite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bertha District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Manning And Squiers

Comments on the workings information

  • PITS WERE DUG FOR PROSPECTING. SEVERAL 30 FOOT (9 M) SHAFTS WERE ALSO DEVELOPED.

Comments on development

  • PITS WERE DUG FOR PROSPECTING, BETWEEN 1879-1899. SEVERAL SHAFTS WERE ALSO DEVELOPED TO 9M (30 FT). SOME ORE WAS FOUND.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CURRIER, L.W., 1935, ZINC AND LEAD REGION OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 43, 122 P.

  • Deposit

    MCCREATH, A.S. AND D'INVILLIERS, E.V., 1887, THE NEW RIVER-CRIPPLE CREEK MINERAL REGION OF VIRGINIA: HARRISBURG, 171 P.

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL MANNING AND SQUIERS ? - DUG PIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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