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Williams Prospect

Occurrence in Wythe county in Virginia, United States with commodity Manganese
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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 10067293
MRDS ID VA01784
Record type Site
Current site name Williams Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.10648, 36.86035 (WGS84)
Elevation 853
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 2.75 MILES N 12 DEGREES W OF DOWNTOWN CRIPPLE CREEK., 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

  • ON SOUTH FLANK OF HENLEY MTN, 1 MILE NORTHEAST OF BETHANY CHURCH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore

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) Erwin and Hampton Formations
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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

  • NO SIGN OF PITS.

Comments on development

  • SHALLOW PITS WERE DUG LESS THAN 10 FEET DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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, MAP.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EXPL. PITS TRIED TO PICK UP MN FROM WEATHERED SHADY, SMALL PIECES OF ORE CAN BE FOUND IN SOIL IN THIS AREA.
Deposit Discovery Year: LATE 1800'S OR EARLY 1900'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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