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Black Run Prospect

Occurrence in Floyd county in Virginia, United States with commodities Gold, Iron, Pig Iron, Lead, Molybdenum
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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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079826
MRDS ID W030566
Record type Site
Current site name Black Run Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.36646, 36.96674 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 7 KM (4.5 MI) NW OF FLOYD; EXACT LOCATION NOT DETERMINED.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Floyd(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Floyd(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 Floyd

Comments on the location information

  • IN THE STREAM BED OF BLACK RUN, WHICH EMPTIES INTO LITTLE RIVER, OFF NE SIDE OF STATE HIGHWAY 8.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Iron, Pig Iron Secondary
Lead Secondary
Molybdenum Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • OTHER OCCURRENIES INCLUDE MO

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Mica Gangue
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 Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Rock unit name Lynchburg Formation
    Rock description Lynchburg Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.36646, 36.96674
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • Width 1.2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS NOT LOCATED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SWEET, P.C. AND BELL, S.C., 1980, METALLIC MINERALIZATION IN THE BLUE RIDGE PROVINCE OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, IN PREPARATION

  • Deposit

    SWEET, P.C., 1971, GOLD MINES AND PROSPECTS IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA MINERALS, V. 17, NO. 3, P. 25-33.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1978 RECON VA. DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES; SITE NOT LOCATE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN WIDTH RANGES FROM 0.9 - 1.2 M; MINERALIZED QUARTZ VEIN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1979 Beaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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