Porterfield Manganese Prospect

Waiteville, West Virginia

37.5092°N 80.4011°W

Mine Overview

The Porterfield Manganese Prospect is near Waiteville, West Virginia. Historically the site has been associated with the Sweet Springs-West Virginia Mining District which is now part of the Jefferson National Forest. The Middle Section of the Appalachian Highlands characterize the geomorphology of the surrounding area.

Site identification and general characteristics. Learn about USGS mines.

Manganese Primary Commodity
Site Record Type^?
Occurrence Development Status^?
Metallic Site Commodity Type^?

Mine Names

Name^? Status^?
Porterfield Prospect Current

Commodities

Additional textual information about a site or mine.

Commodity Type Importance
Manganese Metallic Primary

Location Info

Monroe , West Virginia County / State

Continent Country State County
North America The United States West Virginia Monroe

Land Status

Land status information.

Land Status^? Admin Area^?
National Forest -

Mining Districts

Formal or informal mining district names.

District
Sweet Springs-West Virginia Mining District

Physiography

Physiographic area where the resource is found.

Division Province^? Section
Appalachian Highlands Valley And Ridge Province Middle Section

Nearby Deposits

Other deposits in the same region.

Nearby Places

Waiteville (2.70 miles away)
Gap Mills (3.68 miles away)
Kire (8.03 miles away)
Paint Bank (8.67 miles away)
Union (9.65 miles away)
Sweet Springs (12.01 miles away)
Lindside (15.21 miles away)
Abbott (15.37 miles away)
Greenville (15.59 miles away)
New Castle (15.92 miles away)
Ronceverte (16.96 miles away)
Pembroke (18.49 miles away)
Alleghany (18.65 miles away)
Caldwell (18.75 miles away)
Blacksburg (19.33 miles away)
Eggleston (19.43 miles away)
Alderson (19.94 miles away)
Lewisburg (20.35 miles away)
White Sulphur Springs (20.64 miles away)
Prices Fork (21.25 miles away)
Lafayette (21.54 miles away)
Glenvar (21.89 miles away)
Elliston (22.24 miles away)
McCoy (22.89 miles away)

Nearby Mining Districts

Sweet Springs-West Virginia Mining District (0 miles away)
Sweet Springs-Virginia Mining District (2.64 miles away)

Nearby Lands

Jefferson National Forest (0 miles away)
Mountain Lake Wilderness (4.02 miles away)

Footnotes

* Mine bounds on map indicate the general area that a mine occupies. For an detailed map, refer to the overseeing BLM field office.

** The mine central point is based on an average of the mine's bounding box(es) and does not necessarily fall on the claim itself.

¹ World-class significance is determined by total endowment of the contained commodity. This includes all past production and remaining reserves. Each commodity is considered separately and commodities cannot be combined to arrive at a significant size. The tonnage thresholds are from the mine model grade-tonnage studies. As of June 2008, many entries were classified as significant under less strict rules.

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