William Boggs Prospect

Franklin, West Virginia

38.6639°N 79.2941°W

Mine Overview

The William Boggs Prospect is near Franklin, West Virginia. Historically the site has been associated with the Hoover Mountain Area which is now part of the George Washington National Forest. Preliminary development has taken place such as surface trenching, adits, shafts, drill holes, geophysics, geochemistry, or geological mapping. Enough data has been gathered to estimate grade and tonnage. The Middle Section of the Appalachian Highlands characterize the geomorphology of the surrounding area.

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Iron Primary Commodity
Site Record Type^?
Prospect Development Status^?
Metallic Site Commodity Type^?

Mine Names

Name^? Status^?
William Boggs Prospect Current

Commodities

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Commodity Type Importance
Iron Metallic Primary

Location Info

Pendleton , West Virginia County / State

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

Land Status

Land status information.

Land Status^? Admin Area^?
Private -

Mining Districts

Formal or informal mining district names.

District
Hoover Mountain Area

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

Franklin (2.46 miles away)
Brandywine (3.79 miles away)
Upper Tract (8.54 miles away)
Riverton (9.43 miles away)
Circleville (10.63 miles away)
Onego (14.45 miles away)
Whitmer (17.16 miles away)
Bergton (19.89 miles away)
Dorcas (21.53 miles away)
Harman (21.75 miles away)
Laneville (22.42 miles away)

Nearby Mining Districts

Hoover Mountain Area (0 miles away)

Nearby Lands

Monongahela National Forest (1.81 miles away)
George Washington National Forest (3.52 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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