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Taz Weeks Prospect

Occurrence in Floyd county in Virginia, United States with commodities Copper, Sulfur-Pyrite
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080012
MRDS ID W030891
Record type Site
Current site name Taz Weeks Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.49507, 36.82674 (WGS84)
Elevation 869
Relative position 2.3 MI (3.7 KM) SSW OF WILLIS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Floyd(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Willis(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

  • OFF THE NW SIDE OF STATE ROAD 785

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Sulfur-Pyrite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Gossan

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 Formation
    Rock description Lynchburg Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.49507, 36.82674
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Blue Ridge Anticlinorium
Type of structure Local
Structure description Buffalo Mountain Cross Structure

Comments on the geologic information

  • EXPOSURE OF SCHIST IS PRESENT ALONG ROAD AND SOME FRAGMENTS OF BROWN GOSSAN NOTED ALONG ROAD.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Southern Lead/Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province.

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1943, THREE PITS AND SEVERAL TRENCHES WERE SEEN. IN 1978, ONLY SEVERAL TRENCH CUTS ALONG STRIKE AND A FEW CAVED PITS WERE PRESENT ON SITE.

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY HAS BEEN LOGGED IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

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

    LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966, BASE-AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED ORE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MIN. RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 7, 167 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1979 Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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