Snowflake Fluorite Prospect

Occurrence in Scott county in Virginia, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Calcium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025693
MRDS ID K001615
Record type Site
Current site name Snowflake Fluorite Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.50875, 36.70425 (WGS84)
Elevation 549
Relative position 1.0 KM SOUTHEAST OF FARLEY CHAPEL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Scott(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gate City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bristol(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork Holston(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Scott

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATE-MAY BE ON HILTON, VA. QUAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Calcium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Ore
Fluorite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Honaker Dolomite, Dolomite
    Rock description Honaker Dolomite, Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) Nolichucky and Honaker Formations

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Thin Veins In Fractured Dolomite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1938

Comments on the workings information

  • LITTLE DEVELOPMENT AT PROSPECT. SMALL AMOUNT OF ROCK IN BANK OF SECONDARY ROAD AND IN FIELD A FEW HUNDRED FEET FROM ROAD

Comments on development

  • ORIGINALLY EXAMINED BY R.A. LAURENCE, USGS, KNOXVILLE IN 1938, ORIGINAL REPORT LOST. LATER EXAMINED BY B.C. MONEYMAKER, TVA, KNOXVILLE. PROSPECT VISITED BY J.M. FAGAN, T.V.A. ABOUT 1953.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, FILE REPORT, KNOXVILLE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1973 Fagan, James M. Tennessee Valley Authority

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.