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Joplin Prospect

Occurrence in Prince William county in Virginia, United States with commodity 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067544
MRDS ID W000327
Record type Site
Current site name Joplin Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.38663, 38.56726 (WGS84)
Elevation 76
Relative position ABOUT 1.2 KM (0.8 MI) NORTH OF JOPLIN, IN PRINCE WILLIAM FOREST.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Prince William(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Joplin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Washington West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Washington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Potomac(hydrologic unit)

Potomac(hydrologic accounting unit)

Potomac(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Prince William Forest Park(Other Designation)

Other Designation NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Prince William

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur-Pyrite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • VERY LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT THIS PROSPECT AS IT ONLY APPEARS ON LONSDALE'S PLATE 1.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Chopawamsic Formation
    Rock description Chopawamsic Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.38663, 38.56726
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend, Columbia-Quantico Syncline

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1915

Mining district

District name Gold-Pyrite Belt

Land status

Ownership category County

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • IT CAN BE SPECULATED THAT THERE IS A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE THAT COULD BE MINED.

Comments on development

  • PROSPECTING WAS PROBABLY CONDUCTED DURING WORLD WAR 1, HOWEVER, NO MINING WAS PERFORMED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LONSDALE, J.T., 1927, GEOLOGY OF THE GOLD-PYRITE BELT OF THE NORTHEASTERN PIEDMONT, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 30, 110 P

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL AREA PROSPECTE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: WW I (?)
Deposit LONSDALE (1927) DOES NOT DESCRIBE THIS PROSPECT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Wright, Nancy A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1987 Sweet, Palmer C. (Meintzer, Robert E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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