Red Brush Prospect

Past Producer in Craig 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. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10155289
MAS/MILS ID 0510450007
Record type Site
Current site name Red Brush Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -80.13008, 37.57586 (WGS84)
Elevation 579

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Craig(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Potts Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lewisburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bluefield(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

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 Craig

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -80.13008, 37.57586

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1941

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner F. B. Wagoner
    Home office Virginia
    Year 1974
  • Type Operator
    Owner Barrett Andrews And Associates (Leasee)
    Home office West Virginia
    Year 1974

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1918,W.K. BELL OF NEWCASTLE SHIPPED 20 TONS OF MN ORE. IN 1941,MR. COLLORD OF PITTSBURGH,PA. SHIPPED 2 CARLOADS OF MN ORE.

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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