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Groseclose Prospect

Occurrence in Wythe 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. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067288
MRDS ID VA01779
Record type Site
Current site name Groseclose Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.09481, 36.86063 (WGS84)
Elevation 853
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position N20W, 9500 FT OF JCT PEN BR AND CRIPPLE CRK., Est Within 2000 Ft, Est Within 2000 Ft

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wythe(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cripple Creek(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

  • 3/4 MILE NE OF CALVERY CH ON S FLANK OF HENLEY MTN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.09481, 36.86063
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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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • PITS AND TRENCHES LESS THAN 10 FT DEEP AND 20 FT LONG.

Comments on development

  • ABOUT 20 PITS AND TRENCHES WERE PUT IN IN THE LATE 1800'S.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OLD LADY IN STORE AT CRIPPLE CREEK, 1988, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    MCCREATH, A.S., AND D'INVILLIERS, E.V., 1887, THE NEW RIVER-CRIPPLE CREEK MINERAL REGION OF VIRGINIA: HARRISBURG, PA, PP. 134-135.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IS ASSOCIATED WITH SLUMP AND TERRACE MATERIAL. MN ORE UP TO 6 POUNDS WERE FOUND IN SOME PITS. DEPOSIT IS FRACTURE FILLING AND REPLACEMENT ORES OF THE SHADY.
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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