Bureau of Mines have been conducting mineral surveys of wilderness, wilderness study, and primitive areas. Studies and reports of all primitive areas have been completed. 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. For wilderness study areas, the mineral surveys constitute one aspect of the suitability studies. This report discusses the results of a mineral survey of some national forest lands in the Mill Creek, Mountain Lake, and Peters Mountain study areas, Virginia and West Virginia, that are being considered for wilderness designation (PL 93-622, January 3, 1975). The areas studied are in the Jefferson National Forest in Giles and Craig Counties, Va., and Monroe County, W.Va.

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