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Mineral resource potential map of the Ramseys Draft Addition, Augusta and Highland counties, Virginia Mineral resource potential map of the Ramseys Draft Addition, Augusta and Highland counties, Virginia
Under the provisions of the Wilderness Act (Public Law 88-577, September 3, 1964) and the Joint Conference Report on Senate Bill 4, 88th Congress, the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Bureau of Mines have been conducting mineral surveys of wilderness and primitive areas. Areas officially designated as "wilderness," "wild," or "canoe" when the act was passed were incorporated into the...
Mineral resource potential map of the Rock Pile Mountain Wilderness Study area, Madison County, Missouri Mineral resource potential map of the Rock Pile Mountain Wilderness Study area, Madison County, Missouri
Although the Rock Pile Mountain Wilderness Study Area is within the general boundary of the Southeast Missouri mining district, it has no record of mineral production and there is no mining or prospecting activity at present. Exploratory drill holes on private land along the west side of the area encountered no economic mineralization. Neither the Precambrlan volcanic rocks nor the...
Mineral resource potential map of the Savannah Roadless Area, Liberty County, Florida Mineral resource potential map of the Savannah Roadless Area, Liberty County, Florida
The Savannah Roadless Area is underlain by sedimentary rocks having low potential for oil and gas and minerals. The low potential for oil or gas notwithstanding, the possibilities for discovery cannot be ruled out because the area and nearby lands have not been thoroughly explored. No minerals have been mined within the Savannah Roadless Area, and the only production nearby has been the...
Mineral resource potential map of the Shining Rock Wilderness, Haywood County, North Carolina Mineral resource potential map of the Shining Rock Wilderness, Haywood County, North Carolina
The Shining Rock Wilderness is in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Haywood County, N. C., and is underlain by complexly folded, high-grade metamorphic rocks. These rocks contain a few small, subeconomic deposits of sheet muscovite mica that have a small potential for scrap mica. Quartz as a source of silica (SiO2) and gneiss and schist suitable for common building stone and crushed rock are...
Mineral resource potential map of the Troublesome Roadless Area, McCreary County, Kentucky Mineral resource potential map of the Troublesome Roadless Area, McCreary County, Kentucky
A geologic and geochemical investigation and a survey of existing mines and prospects have been conducted to determine the mineral resource potential of the Troublesome Roadless Area, McCreary County, Ky. The study area comprises six tracts totaling about 2,943 acres in the Daniel Boone National Forest. It is in the Cumberland Plateau section of the Appalachian Plateaus Province. All...
Mineral resource potential map of the Vermilion Cliffs-Paria Canyon instant study area, Coconino County, Arizona, and Kane County, Utah Mineral resource potential map of the Vermilion Cliffs-Paria Canyon instant study area, Coconino County, Arizona, and Kane County, Utah
In general, the mineral potential of the study area is low; in the past the area has yielded only several hundred tons of uranium ore, and there have been a number of unsuccessful efforts to produce gold. The generally small uraniferous deposits are in the Chinle Formation, mostly in the basal Shinarump Member, and mostly on the east side of the Paria Plateau. To the south and west...
Mineral resource potential map of the Whitewater Wilderness Study Area, Riverside and San Bernardino counties, California Mineral resource potential map of the Whitewater Wilderness Study Area, Riverside and San Bernardino counties, California
Geological, geochemical, and geophysical evidence, together with a 'review of historical mining and prospecting activities, suggests that most of the Whitewater Wilderness Study Area has low potential for all types of mineral and energy resources- including precious and base metals, building stone and aggregate, fossil fuels, radioactive-mineral resources, and geothermal resources. One...
Mineral resource potential of the Granite Chief Wilderness Study Area, Placer County, California Mineral resource potential of the Granite Chief Wilderness Study Area, Placer County, California
A mineral resource survey of the Granite Chief Wilderness Study Area in the Tahoe National Forest and Lake Tahoe Management Area was conducted between 1979 and 1981. The mineral resource potential of the area was evaluated from geologic and geochemical studies by the U.S. Geological Survey, and from the examination of existing published and unpublished records of mining prospects and...