Woodlawn Prospect

Occurrence in Carroll county in Virginia, United States with commodities Gold, Sulfur-Pyrite
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079807
MRDS ID W030544
Record type Site
Current site name Woodlawn Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.83174, 36.71925 (WGS84)
Elevation 735
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 0.8 KM (0.5MI) WSW OF WOODLAWN., Acc Within 100 Meters, Acc Within 100 Meters

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carroll(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Woodlawn(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Galax(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Carroll

Comments on the location information

  • 300 M (1000 FT) NE OF STATE ROAD 822, 0.5 KM (0.3MI) BY ROAD NW OF JUNCTION WITH U.S. HWY. 58/221.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Sulfur-Pyrite Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result AU ASSAYED AT $.60/TON.

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 Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Lynchburg Formation
    Rock description Lynchburg Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.83174, 36.71925

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1861

Mining district

District name Native Lead/Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • PITS AND TUNNEL DUG DURING 1850'S; NONE VISIBLE IN 1975.

Comments on development

  • THIS DEPOSIT WAS ORIGINALLY PROSPECTED FOR COPPER. FONTAINE (1884) REPORTED THAT GOLD MAY HAVE BEEN OBTAINED AND, FURTHERMORE, ASSAYED FOR GOLD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: FONTAINE (1884, P.9)

  • Deposit

    FONTAINE, W.M., 1883-84, NOTES ON THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE FLOYD, VA., PLATEAU: THE VIRGINIAS, V.4, P.167, 178-180, 185-192; V.5, P.8-12.

  • Deposit

    STOSE, A.J., AND STOSE, G.W., 1957, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GOSSAN LEAD DISTRICT AND ADJACENT AREAS IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 72, 233 P.

  • Deposit

    SWEET, P.C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 19, 77 P.

  • Deposit

    1975 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES: INSPECTED SITE

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL PROSPECTED FOR CU WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: PRE-CIVIL WAR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-80 Meintzer (P.C. Sweet), Robert E. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources
Updater 01-DEC-87 Sweet, Palmer C. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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