Mine detail: Groseclose Prospect

<< Back to the map

<< Back to browsing

Location: Wythe County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.86063, -81.09481
dep_id: 10067288
mrds_id: VA01779
Commodity type: metallic
Trace mineral: Manganese, Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Unconsolidated Sediments
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Psilomelane
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
Reporter: Wilkes, Gerald P. (Sweet, Palmer C.)
hrock_unit: Shady
hrock_type: Sandstone
tectonic: Blue Ridge Front
disc_yr: 1875
References:
  • Deposit:: OLD LADY IN STORE AT CRIPPLE CREEK, 1988, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION.
  • Deposit:: STOSE, G.W., MISER, H.D., KATZ, H.J., AND HEWETT, D.F., 1919, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE WEST FOOT OF THE BLUE RIDGE, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 17, P. 132.
  • Deposit:: MCCREATH, A.S., AND *NVILLIERS, E.V., 1887, THE NEW RIVER-CRIPPLE CREEK MINERAL REGION OF VIRGINIA: HARRISBURG, PA, PP. 134-135.
© 2010-2018 Lee C. Baker unless noted. All rights reserved.