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Gillett Prospect

Occurrence in Bath 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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080681
MRDS ID W032018
Record type Site
Current site name Gillett Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.73309, 38.15227 (WGS84)
Elevation 753
Relative position 12.6 KM (7.9 MI) NORTHEAST OF WARM SPRINGS, ON THE NORTHWEST SLOPE OF WILSON MOUNTAIN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bath(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Burnsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Staunton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlottesville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper James(hydrologic unit)

James(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

George Washington 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 Bath

Comments on the location information

  • 2 KM (1.25 MI) NORTH ON U.S. ROUTE 220 FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROAD 622, TURN EAST ON PRIVATE DRIVE, FOLLOW DRIVE TO HOUSE AND THEN FARM ROAD BEHIND HOUSE TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST FOR A TOTAL DISTANCE OF ABOUT 0.5 KM (0.33 MI), PITS ARE ON BOTH SIDES OF ROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Rock unit name Clay Residuum;Rose Hill Formation
    Rock description Clay Residuum;Rose Hill Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend
Type of structure Local
Structure description Anticline

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 1916
Discoverer J.E. Gillett

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. E. Gillett

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SMALL PITS UP TO 4.6 M (15 FT) DEEP WERE DUG. IN 1982, 5 CAVED PITS WERE SEEN.

Comments on development

  • PROSPECT DISCOVERED WHEN A FRAGMENT OF MANGANESE ORE WEIGHING 25 POUNDS WAS FOUND ON THE SLOPE BELOW THE PITS. GILLETT SANK SEVERAL PITS IN 1916 PROSPECTING FOR MORE ORE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STOSE, G.W., AND MISER, H.D., 1922, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN VIRGINIA: VGS BULL. 23, 206 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE PITS PENETRATED YELLOW CLAY CONTAINING A MEAGER QUANTITY OF ORE, IN FIST-SIZED PIECES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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

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