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M.L. Harrison Tract

Prospect in Giles county in Virginia, United States with commodities Cobalt, Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10184168
MAS/MILS ID 0510710021
Record type Site
Current site name M.L. Harrison Tract

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -80.99261, 37.27867 (WGS84)
Elevation 1085
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Giles(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oakvale(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Radford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bluefield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle 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 Giles

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Psilomelane Unknown
Pyrolusite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -80.99261, 37.27867
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60E
    Dip 30S
    Thickness 6M
    Length 15840M
    Area 30HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Type of Orebody #2 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Secondary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control OTHER
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 OTHER
    Strike And Dip N60E:30S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 3
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 30
    Date of Last Modification 820616

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1917

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner M. L. Harrison
    Interest 100
    Year 1974
  • Type Operator
    Owner W. C. Crockett
    Home office Virginia
    Year 1974

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORDS 800-833 OF 1976 ENTRY. GENERAL INFO- FOR ALL FILES. BULL 940-J - COBALT INFORMATION RECORD 040/ DUE TO THE HIGH RELIEF OF THE AREA 6 MILES OF R 7 PERCENT GRADE MUST BE BUILT AND EQUIPMENT CAPABLE OF PUMPI LARGE AMOUNT OF WATER AGAINST A 2000 FOOT HEAD MUST BE INSTA MAXIMUM SURFACE AREA DISTURBED WAS DERIVED FROM A MAP OF THE CIPAL ORE-BEARING AREA (CROCKETTS BRANCH) AND THE ASSUMPTION AN AREA 6 MILES LONG AND 40 FEET WIDE WOULD BE INVOLVED IN B A ROAD. THE ENTIRE PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 4000 ACRES, 1/4 OF WHICH IS BLAND CO. AND THE REMAINDER IN GILES CO. APROXIMATELY 1/3 IS TED ON THE PRINCETON, W.VA., VA. 7.5 MIN. QUAD. AND ALL THE WITHIN THE JEFFERSON NATIONAL FOREST. RECORD 050/ THE PROPERTY WAS BOUGHT BY HARRISON AND 10 OTHER IN 1917 AND WAS PROSPECTED FROM 1928-1932. THE BUREAU OF MI PIERCE EXAMINED AND SAMPLED THE AREA IN 1942 AND 1943 RESPEC RECORD 070/ THE COBALT-BEARING MANGANESE MINERAL IS CRYPTOME A SPECIMEN OF ORE CONTAINED 0.46% CO (REC 702) AND 4 DUMP SA CONTAINED 6.6% MN & 1.1% FE, 20.1% MN & 2.6% FE, 18.3% MN & 9.7% MN & 5.8% FE RECORD 080/ MANGANESE OXIDES OCCUR AS CEMENT AND REPLACEMENT SANDSTONE AND AS NODULES IN THE RESIDUAL CLAY OF THE TONOLOW THE SANDSTONE DEPOSITS WERE PROBABLY DEPOSITED BY CIRCULATIN GROUND WATER AND THE WEATHERING OF THIS MATERIAL PRODUCED TH DUAL CONCENTRATIONS IN CLAY. MN CLAY EXTENDS 3 MILES ALONG CHESTNUT RIDGE TO PIDGEON BRAN ECONOMIC OCCURRENCES ARE FOUND ONLY AT PIDGEON BRANCH AND CR BRANCH CO. IS ADSORBED ON CRYPTOMELANE AND WAS DEPOSITED BY GROUND THE AVERAGE THICKNESS OF UNCON. MATERIAL AND OF THE MIN. ZON DERIVED FROM A DESCRIPTION OF THE TEST PITS (REC 700 ) AS WA DIP OF THE ORE ZONE. THE STRIKE WAS ESTIMATED FROM THE TREN TEST PITS ON THE MAP OF CROCKETTS BRANCH

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Sapakoff U.S. Bureau of Mines

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