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Unnamed Open Cut Mines and Prospects

Past Producer in Smyth county in Virginia, United States with commodities Manganese, Cobalt, Nickel
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068224
MRDS ID W001176
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Open Cut Mines and Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.39982, 36.80008 (WGS84)

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.39982, 36.80008
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MANGANESE NODULES IN CLAY, MOSTLY FROM THE WEATHERING OF THE SHADY DOLOMITE. NO COBALT ANALYSES AVAILABLE, 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 Glade Mountain

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES UNKNOWN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MILLER, R.L., 1944, VIRGINIA GEOL. SUR. BULL. 61

  • Deposit

    STOSE, G.W. AND OTHERS, 1919, VIRGINIA GEOL. SUR. BULL 17

  • Reserve-Resource

    UNPUBLISHED COBALT REPORT

Reporter information

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

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

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