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Oreton Mine (Past Producer)Butcher Creek Hills (Occurrence)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
2 paw pins, one per site. Hover or tap a pin for the site name. 3 site(s) with USGS coordinates outside the outline are not pinned. County outline: US Census Bureau cartographic boundary file (2023). Locations approximate.

Field cards: what kind of sites?

3
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

2
Occurrence

The mineral was noted here, without development.

Status terms come from USGS MRDS records.

Minerals recorded here

Hematite 3

Commodities

Iron 4

Sites

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Truro MineIronHematitePast Producer36.729, -83.148
Ben Hur MineIronHematitePast Producer36.729, -83.117
Oreton MineIronHematitePast Producer36.813, -82.782
Lee-WiseIron—Occurrence36.750, -83.000
Butcher Creek Hills——Occurrence36.896, -82.683

Fossil collections

The Paleobiology Database lists 2 fossil collection records in Wise County. These are research records, not public dig sites.

Nearby counties

Lee County · Scott County · Washington County · Russell County · Tazewell County

Virginia mineral guides

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How we built this page: we counted named sites in the USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) for this area, left out sand, gravel, crushed stone, clay pits and unnamed sites, grouped them by Census county, and linked every site to its USGS record. We did not visit these sites, and MRDS does not tell you who owns the land or whether collecting is allowed.

Source: USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS). USGS ceased systematic updates to MRDS around 2011, so status and details may be out of date. Each site links to its USGS record.

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