Doss Prospect

Occurrence in Monroe county in West Virginia, United States with commodity Iron
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Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  9. General comments
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10056412
MRDS ID TC00083
Record type Site
Current site name Doss Prospect
Alternate or previous names Potts Valley Furnace and Mining Company

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.47312, 37.44534 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Monroe(county)

West Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Waiteville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Radford(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

George Washington National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

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)

Mountain Lake Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States West Virginia Monroe

Comments on the location information

  • (REPORTED LAT 37-21-25N, LONG 080-27-49W PLOTS 5 MILES INSIDE VIRGINIA STATE LINE; CHANGED TO A LOCATION WITHIN THE GIVEN COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.47312, 37.44534

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SURFICIAL CONCENTRATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1989 Gair, Jac U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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