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Fisher Prospect

Occurrence in Wythe county in Virginia, United States with commodities Cobalt, Lithium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10276254
MAS/MILS ID 0511970010
Record type Site
Current site name Fisher Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -80.99421, 36.90567 (WGS84)
Elevation 762
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wythe(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Max Meadows(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Galax(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
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Lithium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Unknown
Feldspar Unknown
Psilomelane Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) Erwin and Hampton Formations
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Primary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Secondary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control UNKNOWN
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 OTHER
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Date of Last Modification 800516

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. W Fisher
    Home office Virginia
    Year 1974

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORDS 800-812 OF 1976 ENTRY BULL 940-J - COBALT INFORMATION. DEPOSIT DESCRIPTION. BULL 17 - GENERAL INFO. FOR ALL RECORDS RECORD 040/ DEPOSIT IS 4.5 MILES NW. OF IVANHOE AND IS IN TH JEFFERSON NATIONAL FOREST. SOME OF PROPERTY MAY BE CULTIVATE PROPERTY ABOUT 10 MI FROM WYTHEVILLE. THERE IS NOT ENOUGH DA RECORD MAX. SUR. AREA DIST. RECORD 050/ DEPOSIT EXAMINED AND SAMPLED BY PIERCE (1943). RECORD 080 / MANGANESE OXIDES OCCUR AS NODULES AND REPLACEME BODIES IN THE RESIDUAL CLAY OF THE SHADY DOLOMITE COBALT IS ADSORBED ON CRYPTOMELANE AND WAS DEPOSITED BY GROU WATER. ONE SAMPLE CONTAINED 0.27% CO. NODULES ARE 5-6 INCHES AND ARE ALSO FOUND 0.5 MI TO THE SOUTH. NO DATA TO RECORD DE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Sapakoff U.S. Bureau of Mines

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