| Deposit ID | 10080014 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W030893 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Howell Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Ferrum Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -80.18311, 36.95007 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN; 13 KM (8 MI) WEST OF FERRUM. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Floyd(county)
Virginia(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Endicott(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 | Franklin City (City) |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Iron, Pig Iron | Tertiary |
| Sulfur-Pyrite | Tertiary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Goethite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Pyrrhotite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 91 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 24b |
| Deposit model name | Massive sulfide, Besshi (Japanese deposits) |
| Mark3 model number | 30 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist | ||||
| Rock unit name | Lynchburg Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Lynchburg Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -80.18311, 36.95007 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Ne-Sw, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium |
| Strike | N50 DEG. E |
|---|---|
| Dip | 35 DEG. SE |
| Thickness | 0.3M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1820 |
| Year of first production | 1820 |
| District name | Southern Lead/Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province. |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 73.2M |
| Overall depth | 12.2M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W030893 |
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.
FONTAINE, W.M., 1882, NOTES ON THE SULPHURET DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: THE VIRGINIAS, V. 3, NO. 10, P. 154-155.
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.
LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966, BASE-AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED ORE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 7, 167 P.
1820 DIREXPL IRON ORE MINED.
1854 DIREXPL COPPER ORE MINED.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THICKNESS REFERS TO SEAM OF CHALCOPYRITE (FONTAINE, 1883) |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1980 | Meintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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