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Mineral resource potential map of the Ramseys Draft Addition, Augusta and Highland counties, Virginia

Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 1369-C
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https://doi.org/10.3133/mf1369C

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Abstract

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 National Wilderness Preservation System, and some of them are presently being studied. The act provided that areas under consideration for wilderness designation should be studied for suitability for incorporation into the Wilderness System. The mineral surveys constitute one aspect of the suitability studies. The act directs that the results of such surveys are to be made available to the public and be submitted to the President and the Congress. This report presents the results of a mineral survey of the Ramseys Draft Addition, which is a roadless area adjoining Ramseys Draft Wilderness Study Area in the George Washington National Forest, Augusta and Highland Counties, Virginia. The area was classified as a further planning area during the Second Roadless Area Review and Evaluation (RARE II) by the U.S. Forest Service, January 1979.

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Mineral resource potential map of the Ramseys Draft Addition, Augusta and Highland counties, Virginia
Series title Miscellaneous Field Studies Map
Series number 1369
Chapter C
DOI 10.3133/mf1369C
Year Published 1982
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Description Report: 8 p.; 1 Plate: 25.75 x 30.75 inches
Country United States
State Virginia
County Augusta County, Highland County
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