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Walt Williams Mine

Past Producer in Grayson county in Virginia, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079777
MRDS ID W030510
Record type Site
Current site name Walt Williams Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.42399, 36.71008 (WGS84)
Elevation 1000
Relative position 1.1 MI (1.8 KM) NE OF TROUT DALE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grayson(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Trout Dale(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 Grayson

Comments on the location information

  • 0.4 MI (0.6 KM) OFF THE NORTH SIDE OF STATE ROAD 603 ABOUT 0.3 MI (0.5 KM) BY ROAD EAST OF ITS INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROAD 827, LAND LOCATED WITHIN PURCHASE BOUNDARY OF JEFFERSON NATIONAL FOREST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Rock unit name Unicoi Formation
    Rock description Unicoi Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.42399, 36.71008
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Ne-Sw Trend
Type of structure Local
Structure description Conglomerate Strikes N-S And Dips 35 Deg. W.

Ore body information

  • Strike N 40 - N 70 E
    Dip 45 NW

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINOR BLACK IRON-OXIDE STAIN IS PRESENT ON SILICA CEMENT; NO OTHER VISIBLE METALLIC MINERALIZATION. OTHER EXPOSURES OF CONGLOMERATE AND SANDSTONE ARE PRESENT IN AREA. THE CONGLOMERATE CONTAINS SOME EUHEDRAL PIECES OF FELDSPAR.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1865
Year of first production 1875

Mining district

District name Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Walt Williams

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1978 THERE WAS A 12 FT (4 M) BY 8 FT (2 M) WATER FILLED SHAFT IN THE HILLSIDE ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE STREAM. 35 FT SW ALONG STREAM, A SMALLER 5 FT X 5 FT WATER FILLED SHAFT; ABOUT 1400 FT SW IS A SMALL HILLSIDE CUT AND DUMP (CUT IS APPROX. 20 FT WIDE AND 30 FT DEEP) -- NOTED IN 1985.

Comments on development

  • ACCORDING TO LOCAL RESIDENTS GOLD WAS MINED FROM THIS PROPERTY IN THE LATE 1800'S.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SWEET, P.C., AND BELL, S.C., 1980, METATLIC MINERALIZATION IN THE BLUE RIDGE PROVINCE OF VIRGINIA, IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO VIRGINIA GEOLOGY-IV: VDMR PUB. 27, P. 39-52.

  • Deposit

    RANKIN, D. W. AND OTHERS, 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WEST HALF OF THE WINSTON SALEM QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA,VIRGINIA, AND TENNESSEE, U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-709-A.

  • Deposit

    SWEET, P. C. AND LOVETT, J. A., 1985, VA MINERALS, VOL 31, NO 4, P.41-52.

  • Deposit

    1875 DIREXPL MINED GOLD.

  • Deposit

    1978 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES., LOCATED PROSPECT.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD OCCURS AS A PALEO-PLACER; THE STRIKE & DIP MEASUREMENTS ARE OF THE CONGLOMERATE CONTAINING THE GOLD

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1979 Meintzer (D.C. Levan), Robert E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1987 Sweet, Palmer C. (Trimble, David C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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