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Dalton Hill Mine

Past Producer in Carroll county in Virginia, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc, Lead, Iron, Iron, Pig Iron, Sulfur-Pyrite, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079979
MRDS ID W030850
Record type Site
Current site name Dalton Hill Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.76897, 36.79396 (WGS84)
Elevation 792
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 2.5 KM (1.5 MI) SE OF EARLY., Est +/- 1000 Ft

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carroll(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sylvatus(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

  • LAND HAS BEEN RECLAIMED SINCE MINING; EXACT MINE LOCATION CANNOT BE DETERMINED. LOCATION AND ELEVATION GIVEN ARE FROM LITERATURE. WORKINGS SUPPOSEDLY EXTENDED NE OF U.S. 52 ON EITHER SIDE OF ROUTE 819, TO JUST N OF ROUTE 770. LOCATION FIELD CHECKED MARCH 3, 1987.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Iron, Pig Iron Tertiary
Sulfur-Pyrite Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GALENA CONTENT REPORTEDLY HIGHER THAN IN OTHER SECTIONS OF GOSSAN LEAD.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Galena Ore
Goethite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Dolomite Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Low Grade Regional Metamorphism (Almandine Garnet Zone)

Analytical data

Result AG: 1.16 OZ/TON (FONTAINE, 1884, P. 10)

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 91
USGS model code 24b
Deposit model name Massive sulfide, Besshi (Japanese deposits)
Mark3 model number 30

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Lynchburg Group, Ashe Formation
    Rock description Lynchburg Group, Ashe Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.76897, 36.79396
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium Fries Overthrust
Type of structure Local
Structure description 3 Phases Of Deformation Produced F1-F2 Ages Of Deformation Correlative With Paleozoic Orogenies?

Ore body information

  • General form POD/LENS
    Width 7.6M
    Depth to top 10.7M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MUCH MORE QUARTZ IS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AREA THAN ON OTHER SEGMENTS OF THE GOSSAN LEAD. WRIGHT AND RAMAN (1948) FEEL THE DEPOSIT REPRESENTS A GROUP OF SMALL SULFIDE LENSES. THE TOPOGRAPHIC SITUATION DOES NOT FAVOR SECONDARY ENRICHMENT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1861
Year of first production 1855

Mining district

District name Dalton Hill Area/Gossan Lead District/Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province.

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner C. H. Thompson
  • Type Owner
    Owner Virginia Iron, Coal And Coke Co. (Dalton Hill Tract).

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 366M
    Overall depth 10.7M

Comments on the workings information

  • 1859: CURREY REPORTED 6 TUNNELS (152 M) AND 30 SHAFTS (213 M). 1939: THOMPSON SANK 1 SHAFT. MARCH, 1987: LAND USED FOR PASTURE AND HOUSING; VERY LITTLE EVIDENCE OF MINING ACTIVITY. WEST OF ROUTE 819 IS A DISTURBED ZONE, WITH BLOCKS OF GOSSAN AND BULL QUARTZ LYING AROUND. EAST OF 819, ON A HILLSIDE NEAR ROUTE 770, ARE SMALL GOB PILES, 2 TRENCHES, AND A POSSIBLE COLLAPSED PORTAL. NORTH OF 770 ON A N 55 E LINE FROM THE "PORTAL" ARE 3 SMALL PITS AND A TRENCH, PLUS BLOCKS OF GOSSAN AND BULL QUARTZ.

Comments on development

  • MINE FIRST OPENED IN 1855 BY DALTON MINING CO.AND WORKED UNTIL 1859 (LARGELY PROSPECTING). IN 1939, C.H. THOMPSON OF HOLLINS, VA., INVESTIGATED THE AREA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CURREY, R.O., 1859, A GEOLOGICAL VISIT TO THE VIRGINIA COPPER REGION: KNOXVILLE, TENN., BECKETT, HAWS AND CO.; REPRINTED IN PART UNDER COPPER AND IRON REGION OF THE FLOYD-CARROLL-GRAYSON PLATEAU OF THE BLUE RIDGE IN VIRGINIA, ETC.: THE VIRGINIAS, 1880, V. 1, P. 62-64, 69-71, 74-77, 80-81, 95.

  • 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

    WRIGHT, R.J., AND RAMAN, R.D., 1948, THE GOSSAN LEAD, CARROLL COUNTY, VIRGINIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT, 21 P.

  • Deposit

    CONLEY, J.F., 1985, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA PIEDMONT: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 59, 33P.

  • Deposit

    1855 DIREXPL DALTON MINING CO.: OPENED MINE.

  • Deposit

    1939 DIREXPL C.H. THOMPSON: DROVE SHAFTS AND DUG PITS.

  • Deposit

    1939 GEOLMAP VA. GEOL. SURV.: BULL. 72.

  • Deposit

    1948 RECON R.J. WRIGHT & N.D. RAMAN: OPEN-FILE REPORT.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPTH IS TO TOP OF CHALCOPYRITE ZONE.
Deposit AREA OUTLINED PROBABLY INCLUDES DAVIS AND STONE PROSPECTS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Deposit Discovery Year: PRE-CIVIL WAR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-87 Meintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources
Updater 01-MAR-87 Myers, Lesley L. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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