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Unnamed Mines and Prospects

Past Producer in Wythe county in Virginia, United States with commodities Manganese, Nickel, Cobalt
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068223
MRDS ID W001175
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Mines and Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.01648, 36.8834 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wythe(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wytheville(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Nickel Critical Tertiary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.01648, 36.8834
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ; GEOL.DESC: MANGANESE NODULES IN WEATHERED LOWER PALEOZOIC LIMESTONE AND QUARTZITES. NO COBALT ANALYSES REPORTED BUT COBALT PROBABLY PRESENT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years UNKNOWN

Mining district

District name Lick Mountain

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES UNKNOWN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STEAD, F.W. AND STOSE, G.W., 1943, VIRGINIA GEOL. SUR. BULL. 59

  • Deposit

    STOSE, G.W. AND OTHERS, 1919, VIRGINIA GEOL. SUR. BULL. 17, P. 127-130

  • Reserve-Resource

    UNPUBLISHED COBALT REPORT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NUMEROUS OLD OPEN CUTS AND PROSPECT PITS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1973 Coury, Anny B. U.S. Geological Survey

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