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Rowan Prospect

Occurrence in Craig county in Virginia, United States with commodity Iron
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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. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10278331
MAS/MILS ID 0540630017
Record type Site
Current site name Rowan Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -80.30258, 37.56066 (WGS84)
Elevation 731

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Craig(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Paint Bank(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lewisburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bluefield(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

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 Craig

Comments on the location information

  • With no other information available, assumed that lat/long location was correct and so changed the county and state to match lat/long. Original county and state were Monroe County in West Virginia. The location is within about 1.5 km of the state boundary between West Virginia and Virginia.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -80.30258, 37.56066
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-AUG-1978 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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