Hogpen Hollow Prospect

Prospect in Rockbridge county in Virginia, United States with commodities Cobalt, Manganese

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Nearby scientific data
Ore body information
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Mineral rights holdings
Land status
Ownership information
Links to other databases
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10155874
MAS/MILS ID	0511630002
Record type	Site
Current site name	Hogpen Hollow Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference	Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates:	-79.17785, 37.89565 (WGS84)
Elevation	625
Location accuracy	1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rockbridge(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vesuvius(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Buena Vista(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roanoke(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Maury(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	Rockbridge

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Cobalt Critical	Tertiary
Manganese Critical	Tertiary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Psilomelane	Unknown
Quartz	Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1)	-79.17785, 37.89565	ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

Strike

N00S

Dip

65E

Thickness

1.2M

Length

7.6M

Width

7.6M

Field	Value
Type of Orebody #1	BRECCIA FILL
Shape of Orebody #1	TABULAR
Primary mode of Origin	OXIDATION
Primary Ore Control	FRACTURING
Degree of Wallrock Alter.	SLIGHT
Type of Wallrock Alter. #1	OTHER
Strike And Dip	N00S:65E
Date of Last Modification	780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type	Underground
Development status	Prospect
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No
Discovery year	1906

Mining district

District name	Lyndhurst-Vesuvius District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights	Unknown

Land status

Ownership category	National Forest

Ownership information

Type Operator

Owner Virginia Coal And Coke Co

Home office Virginia

Year 1974

Type	Operator
Owner	Virginia Coal And Coke Co
Home office	Virginia
Year	1974

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
U.S. Bureau of Mines	Minerals Availability System	MAS	0511630002

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	RECORDS 800-816 OF 1976 ENTRY BULL 940-F - GENERAL INFO. FOR ALL RECORDS. BULL 940-J - COBALT INFORMATION RECORD 040/ PROPERTY IS ABOUT 20 MILES FROM LEXINGTON, VA., 2 MILES OF STEELES TAVERN AND VESUVIUS, AND IS WITHIN THE GE WASHINGTON NATIONAL FOREST. RECORD 050/ MN-ORE DISCOVERED DURING A SEARCH FOR IRON ORE. PROPERTY WAS SAMPLED BY PIERCE (1943) RECORD 060/ SANDSTONE IS BRECCIATED. RECORD 070/ COBALT IS ADSORBED ON CRYPTOMELANE AND WAS DEPO BY GROUND WATER. A SAMPLE CONTAINED 0.40% CO. REC 080 ORE OCCURS AS FILLINGS AND REPLACEMENTS IN A BRECCI ZONE OF QTZITE. THE WALL QTZITE IS MASSIVE, STRIKES N 70 E A 45 DEG N. THE ORE ZONE IS 4 FT THICK AT TUNNEL ENTRANCE, 1. THICK AT THE FACE, AND 7 FT THICK AT THE TOP OF THE CLIFF. T NOT ENOUGH DATA TO RECORD ALL DEPOSIT DIMENSIONS OR MAX SUR. POTENTIALLY DISTURBED

Subject category

Comment text

Deposit

RECORDS 800-816 OF 1976 ENTRY BULL 940-F - GENERAL INFO. FOR ALL RECORDS. BULL 940-J - COBALT INFORMATION RECORD 040/ PROPERTY IS ABOUT 20 MILES FROM LEXINGTON, VA., 2 MILES OF STEELES TAVERN AND VESUVIUS, AND IS WITHIN THE GE WASHINGTON NATIONAL FOREST. RECORD 050/ MN-ORE DISCOVERED DURING A SEARCH FOR IRON ORE. PROPERTY WAS SAMPLED BY PIERCE (1943) RECORD 060/ SANDSTONE IS BRECCIATED. RECORD 070/ COBALT IS ADSORBED ON CRYPTOMELANE AND WAS DEPO BY GROUND WATER. A SAMPLE CONTAINED 0.40% CO. REC 080 ORE OCCURS AS FILLINGS AND REPLACEMENTS IN A BRECCI ZONE OF QTZITE. THE WALL QTZITE IS MASSIVE, STRIKES N 70 E A 45 DEG N. THE ORE ZONE IS 4 FT THICK AT TUNNEL ENTRANCE, 1. THICK AT THE FACE, AND 7 FT THICK AT THE TOP OF THE CLIFF. T NOT ENOUGH DATA TO RECORD ALL DEPOSIT DIMENSIONS OR MAX SUR. POTENTIALLY DISTURBED

Reporter information

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

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