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Suitor Prospect

Past Producer in Bland 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. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068225
MRDS ID W001177
Record type Site
Current site name Suitor Prospect
Alternate or previous names Fire Tower Prospects, Bastian Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.24982, 37.12507 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bland(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bastian(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bluefield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bluefield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle New(hydrologic unit)

Kanawha(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kanawha(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(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)

Hunting Camp Creek Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Bland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) Brallier Formation
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MANGANESE NODULES IN WEATHERED DEVONIAN SANDSTONE, AND CLAY WEATHERED FROM SILURIAN LIMESTONE. W.G. PIERCE REPORTS FROM 0.12 TO 2.24 % COBALT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Round Mountain

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES INSIGNIFICANT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LADD, H.S. AND STEAD, F.W., 1944, USGS BULL. 940-H, P. 219-245

  • Deposit

    PIERCE, W.G., 1944, USGS BULL. 940-J, P. 265-285

  • Deposit

    STOSE, G.W. AND MISER, H.D., 1922, VIRGINIA GEOL. SUR. BULL. 23, P. 159-167

  • Reserve-Resource

    UNPUBLISHED COBALT REPORT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NUMEROUS OLD OPEN CUTS; 3 MINES AND SEVERAL PROSPECTS
Deposit EAST AND WEST PROSPECTS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1973 Coury, Anny B. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1977 Sweet, Palmer C. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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