Little Piney Mountain Prospect

Past Producer in Bath 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. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10203785
MAS/MILS ID 0510170002
Record type Site
Current site name Little Piney Mountain Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -79.75537, 38.03755 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bath(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Warm Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Staunton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlottesville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper James(hydrologic unit)

James(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

George Washington 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 Bath

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -79.75537, 38.03755

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1888

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mc Laren, Senator Peter
    Home office California
    Year 1974

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REC 010 COL 22 ENTERED 1976 BY SCHMIDT, ANALYSIS (700 PG 133 COBALT AND NICKEL AT 2.96%

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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