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Van Hoy Prospect

Occurrence in Smyth county in Virginia, United States with commodity Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067269
MRDS ID VA01760
Record type Site
Current site name Van Hoy Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.53232, 36.75925 (WGS84)
Elevation 744
Relative position 5.3 MILES. S 7 DEGREES W FROM MARION, 3.5 MILES S 51 DEGREES E FROM ADWOLF (DOT SMYTH COUNTY HIGHWAY MAP, 1981).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Smyth(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Marion(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wytheville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winston-Salem(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Holston(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Jefferson National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

George Washington and Jefferson National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Smyth

Comments on the location information

  • WATSON (1905) STATES THE PROSPECT IS 1.75 MILES 2 80 DEGREES E OF THE MARTIN PROSPECT. CURRIER (1935) STATES THE PROSPECT IS 1.75 MILES N 80 DEGREES W OF THE MCCARTER PROSPECT, AT THE BASE OF THE NORTH SLOPE OF A QUARTZITE RIDGE. CORRECT LOCATION IS 1.5 MILES S 70 DEGREES E FROM THE MARTIN PROSPECT, 1.5 MILES N 83 DEGREES FROM THE MCCARTER PROSPECT, 7700 FEET S 78 DEGREES E FROM THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROADS 650 AND 702 EAST OF THOMAS BRIDGE, 5800 FEET N 88 DEGREES E FROM THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROADS 650 AND 720 WEST OF ZION HILL CHURCH, SOUTH OF THE SOUTH FORK OF HOLSON RIVER AT THE BASE OF THE NORTH SLOPE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO LEAD (GALENA REPORTED)

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 228
USGS model code 32b
Deposit model name Mississippi Valley, Appalachian Zn
Mark3 model number 42

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Shady Dolomite
    Rock description Shady Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.53232, 36.75925
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trending Valley And Ridge

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures In The Dolomite

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO GEOLOGIC DESCRIPTION GIVEN IN LITERATURE. NO OUTCROP FOUND IN AREA OF WORKINGS. SMALL WEATHERED FRAGMENTS OF LIGHT GRAY DOLOMITE FOUND ON DUMPS, BUT NO SULFIDE MINERALIZATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1905
Discoverer Virginia Lead And Zinc Company

Mining district

District name Rye Valley Led/Zinc District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Virginia Lead And Zinc Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • NO DESCRIPTION OF THE WORKINGS WAS GIVEN IN THE LITERATURE. FIELD EXAMINATION CONDUCTED 2/9/88. MANY (+20) SMALL PITS AND TRENCHES WERE DUG ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE SLOPE OVER AN AREA ABOUT 300 FEET LONG ALONG THE NORTH SLOPE AND 400 FEET WIDE UPSLOPE. MOST SMALL WORKINGS ARE 5 TO 10 FEET LONG, 2 TO 3 FEET DEEP AND CUT IN AN EAST-WEST DIRECTION, CREATING LUMPY TOPOGRAPHY. SMALL DUMPS ARE HEAVILY WEATHERED AND GROWN OVER.

Comments on development

  • WATSON (1905) REPORTED THAT PROSPECTED HAD JUST BEGUN IN APRIL, 1905, AND THAT SPHALERITE HAD BEEN FOUND. CURRIER (1935) CONFIRMED SPHALERITE WAS FOUND, BUT STATED THE PROSPECT WAS UNIMPORTANT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CURRIER. L.W., 1935, ZINC AND LEAD REGION OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 43, 122 PAGES.

  • Deposit

    WATSON, T.L., 1905, LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGIC SURVEY BULLETIN 1, 156 PAGES.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO DESCRIPTION OF THE DEPOSIT GIVEN IN LITERATURE. NO OUTCROP OR EXPOSURES FOUND DURING FIELD INVESTIGATION. MOST LIKELY, MINERALIZATION OCCURS AS OPEN SPACE FILLING IN FRACTURED AND CRUSTED DOLOMITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1988 Lovett, James A. (Sweet Palmer C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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