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Walker-Forney Prospect

Past Producer in Smyth county in Virginia, United States with commodities Manganese, Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067248
MRDS ID VA01734
Record type Site
Current site name Walker-Forney Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.45065, 36.79925 (WGS84)
Elevation 1018
Relative position 5800' S 45 E OF JCT SR 16 & 601 IN ATTOWAY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Smyth(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Atkins(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wytheville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winston-Salem(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Holston(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(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 Smyth

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR NORTH PART OF GAP IN BRUSHY MTN, NORTH OF OLD PUGH ROAD, ABOUT 1 1/2 MILES DUE NORTH OF TEAS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Shady
    Rock description Shady
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.45065, 36.79925
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N70E
    Dip 48SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1925

Mining district

District name Pulaski-Wythe

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Forest Service

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 60.96M
    Overall width 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • REPORTEDLY 4 TRENCHES, THE LONGEST 170', THE DEEPEST 10'. AREA RECLAIMED BY FOREST SERVICE IN THE 1970'S.

Comments on development

  • WAS FIRST PROSPECTED IN EARLY 1900'S (?) AND AGAIN IN 1942. THE 1942 WORK CONSISTED OF FOUR TRENCHS - THE GREATEST DEPTH WAS 10'. NO PRODUCTION FROM THIS PROSPECT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MILLER, RALPH L., 1944, GEOLOGY AND MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE BLADE MTN. DISTRICT: VGS BULLETIN 61, P. 97-98

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S
Deposit AT TOP OF SHADY WITHIN A FEW FEET OF THE ERWIN ORE ZONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1988 Wilkes, Gerald P. (Sweet, Palmer C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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

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