| Deposit ID | 10080018 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W030898 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Greer Place Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -81.43315, 36.68341 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | REPORTED (WATSON, 1907) TO BE 1 MI (1.6 KM) SSE OF TROUT DALE. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Grayson(county)
Virginia(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Trout Dale(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Wytheville(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)
Federal lands
Jefferson National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
George Washington and Jefferson National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Virginia | Grayson |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Feldspar | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Mount Rogers Formation | ||||||||
| Rock description | Mount Rogers Formation | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite |
| Rock unit name | Mount Rogers Formation |
| Rock description | Mount Rogers Formation |
| (1) | -81.43315, 36.68341 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Blue Ridge Anticlinorium |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Stone Mountain Fault |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1907 |
| District name | Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W030898 |
SWEET, P.C. AND BELL, S.C., 1980, METALLIC MINERALIZATION IN THE BLUE RIDGE PROVINCE OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, IN PREPARATION.
WATSON, T.L., 1907, MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VA., J.P. BELL CO., 618 P.
RANKIN, D.W., ESPENSHADE, G.H., AND NEUMAN, R.B., 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WEST HALF OF THE WINSTON-SALEM QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA, VIRGINIA, AND TENNESSEE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-709-A, 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:250,000.
1978 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES., UNABLE TO LOCATE
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1979 | Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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