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Dickson Prospect

Occurrence in Wythe 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. 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067284
MRDS ID VA01775
Record type Site
Current site name Dickson Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.15203, 36.86118 (WGS84)
Elevation 811
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 3100 FT. S15 DEGREES W OF JCT SR 690 AND 684 AT STROUP'S STORE., Est Estimated Within 1000 Ft.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wythe(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Speedwell(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wytheville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper New(hydrologic unit)

Kanawha(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kanawha(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Wythe

Comments on the location information

  • ON NORTH SIDE OF SADDLE IN HENLEY MTN., ABOUT A MILE WEST OF MATNEY FLATS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

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) -81.15203, 36.86118
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875

Mining district

District name Pulaski-Wythe District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • DOUBTFUL IF GROUND WAS BROKEN AT THIS LOCALITY.

Comments on development

  • ON LAND OF R. DICKSON IN EARLY 1900'S. DOUBTFUL IF PROSPECT PITS WERE DUG. FERRIGINOUS SANDSTONE OCCURS AS FLOAT IN AREA, BUT NO PITS SEEN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STOSE, G.W., MISER, H.D., KATZ, F.J., AND HEWETT, D.F., 1919, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE WEST FOOT OF THE BLUE RIDGE; VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 17, P. 132

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: LATE 1800'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-88 Wilkes, Gerald P. (Sweet, Palmer C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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