| Deposit ID | 10079980 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W030852 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Early Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -80.6998, 36.75008 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN. ABOUT 4 KM (2.5 MI) SE OF HILLSVILLE. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Carroll(county)
Virginia(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Hillsville(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Virginia | Carroll |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Copper | Ore |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Feldspar | Gangue |
| Hornblende | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Hornblende Gneiss | ||||||
| Rock description | Hornblende Gneiss | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss |
| Rock unit name | Hornblende Gneiss;Lynchburg Formation |
| Rock description | Hornblende Gneiss;Lynchburg Formation |
| (1) | -80.6998, 36.75008 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1900 |
| District name | Native Lead/Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | James Early |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W030852 |
BOYD, C.R., 1880, MINERAL WEALTH OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA: AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING ENGINEERS TRANSACTIONS, V. 8, P. 338-348.
BOYD, C.R., 1881, RESOURCES OF SOUTH-WEST VIRGINIA: NEW YORK, JOHN WILEY & SONS, 321 P.
ESPENSHADE, G.H., RANKIN, D.W., SHAW, K.W., AND NEUMAN, R.B.: 1975, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE EAST HALF OF THE WINSTON-SALEM QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA-VIRGINIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-709-B, SCALE 1:250,000.
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.
1880 DIREXPL POSSIBLE PROSPECTING WORK.
1970 RECON K.W. SHAW: RECON GEOLOGIC MAPPING (I-709-B)
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1980 | Meintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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