Phipps Prospect

Prospect in Alleghany county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
Sections on this page
  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. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10296710
MAS/MILS ID 0370050036
Record type Site
Current site name Phipps Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -81.25542, 36.57198 (WGS84)
Elevation 805

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alleghany(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mouth of Wilson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wytheville(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 North Carolina Alleghany

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -81.25542, 36.57198

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EDMUNDSON, RAYMOND S, 1938, VA GEOL SURVEY BULL 53, P. 50.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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