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Wilkinson Prospect

Occurrence in Smyth county in Virginia, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Sulfur-Pyrite
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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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067270
MRDS ID VA01761
Record type Site
Current site name Wilkinson Prospect
Alternate or previous names Wilkinson Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.35454, 36.7948 (WGS84)
Elevation 832
Relative position 9.25 MILES S 73 DEGREES E FROM MARION, 4.15 MILES S 60 DEGREES W FROM CEDAR SPRINGS (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

Cedar Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wytheville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper New(hydrologic unit)

Kanawha(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kanawha(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(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

  • CURRIER (1935) DESCRIBES THIS PROPERTY AS 4 1/2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CEDAR SPRINGS. IT IS 2650 FEET N 65 DEGREES E FROM THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROADS 614 AND 676 WEST OF SUMMIT CHURCH. 2500 FEET N 85 DEGREES W FROM BENCH MARK BM N 2 (2605) AT THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROADS 612 AND 614 AT SUMMIT. LOCAL RESIDENTS ASSISTED IN IDENTIFYING THE OLD WILKINSON FARM, WHERE NO ONE PRESENTLY LIVES. THE PROSPECT IS LOCATED IN A WOODED AREA, 350 FEET NORTH OF STATE ROAD 614. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1988)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Sulfur-Pyrite Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CURRIER REPORTED ZINC AND LEAD, MINOR PYRITE FOUND IN ROCKS ON THE DUMP.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
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) -81.35454, 36.7948
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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 Dolomite

Comments on the geologic information

  • DOLOMITE WAS THIN, IRREGULAR BEDDED, MEDIUM GRAY, FRACTURED, WITH SMALL CALCITE BLEBS, TRACE PYRITE, AND THIN CALCITE VEINS. BEDS STRIKE N 68 DEGREES E AND DIP AN AVERAGE OF 65 DEGREES SE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1925
Discoverer Bertha Mineral Company ?

Mining district

District name Cedar Springs Lead/Zinc District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 9.14M
    Overall width 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL PROSPECT. FIELD EXAMINATION CONDUCTED 2/16/88. ONE OPEN CUT, 30 FEET LONG, 20 FEET WIDE, AND 7 FEET HIGH AT THE HIGHWALL TRENDS N 80 DEGREES E, WITH SMALL OUTSLOPE DUMP. MINOR PYRITE, BUT NO GALENA OR SPHALERITE, FOUND NO THE DUMP.

Comments on development

  • NO DEVELOPMENT DATA AVAILABLE. CURRIER (1933) ONLY MENTIONS THIS PROSPECT BRIEFLY (PAGE 106). NO HISTORY WAS KNOWN BY LOCAL RESIDENTS. POSSIBLE WORKED DURING THE SAME PERIOD AS THE CEDAR SPRINGS MINE ON THE KEESLING PROPERTY 1905 TO 1907.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MOST LIKELY MINERALIZATION OCCURS AS OPEN SPACE FILLING IN FRACTURED DOLOMITE. PACK ON THE DUMP WAS IRREGULAR BEDDED, STRONGLY JOINTED AND FRACTURED, WITH MINOR CALCITE/WHITE DOLOMITE AND TRUE PYRITE. NO DESCRIPTION OF THE DEPOSIT IS FOUND IN THE LITERATURE.
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S (?)

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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