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Holliday Prospect

Past Producer in Bedford county in Virginia, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080100
MRDS ID W031174
Record type Site
Current site name Holliday Prospect
Alternate or previous names Cabin Hill Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.44337, 37.0884 (WGS84)
Elevation 219
Relative position ABOUT 5.9 KM (3.7 MI) SOUTHWEST OF LEESVILLE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bedford(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Leesville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Roanoke(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roanoke(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Roanoke(hydrologic unit)

Roanoke(hydrologic accounting unit)

Chowan-Roanoke(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Bedford

Comments on the location information

  • UTM COORDINATES ARE FOR A POINT REFERENCE ON THE PROSPECTED STREAM, PROSPECT WAS A PLACER OPERATION. THE STREAM CROSSES STATE ROAD 733 ABOUT 0.6 KM (0.4 MI) SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROADS 733 AND 630. PROSPECT IS ALONG STREAM SOUTH OF THE ROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SOME GOLD WAS RECOVERED, BUT IT WAS ONLY A SMALL AMOUNT.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE OF AT LEAST 25 SAMPLES TAKEN FROM QUARTZ FLOAT, SAPROLITE AND FLOOD PLAIN SEDIMENTS, AND COUNTRY ROCK YIELDED 1.13 OZ/TON AU.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Alluvium;Chopawamsic Formation
    Rock description Alluvium;Chopawamsic Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.44337, 37.0884
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins, Alluvium

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAGANESE IS ALSO PRESENT IN UNKNOWN AMOUNTS ON THIS PROPERTY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1936
Discoverer J.W. Holliday
Year of first production 1936

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. W. Holliday
  • Type Owner
    Owner Sidney Parker

Comments on the production information

  • ONLY A SMALL AMOUNT OF GOLD WAS EVER RECOVERED.

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS FOUND, THOUGH BLASTING ALONG THE HILLSIDE WAS REPORTED.

Comments on development

  • J.W. HOLLIDAY AND LOUIS WENER LEASED THE PROPERTY IN 1936. IT IS UNCERTAIN IF J.W. HOLLIDAY HAD PROSPECTED PRIOR TO THIS YEAR. HOLLIDAY MAINLY WORKED THE PLACER DEPOSITS, BUT IT IS REPORTED HE BLASTED AT SEVERAL POINTS ALONG THE BASE OF "CABIN HILL". NOT MUCH GOLD WAS FOUND. A ROCKER BOX WAS USED DURING THE PLACER OPERATIONS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE

  • Deposit

    ECONOMIC GEOLOGY FILE-VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES.

  • Deposit

    SIDNEY PARKER-PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, 1981

  • Deposit

    1936? DIREXPL J.W. HOLLIDAY - PROSPECTED STREAM

  • Deposit

    1981 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES. - INSPECTED PROPERTY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD OCCURRED IN THE STREAM DEPOSITS, SAPROLITE, AND QUARTZ FLOAT DERIVED FROM QUARTZ VEINS. VEINS TREND NE-SW AND THE DIP IS VERTICAL OR NEARLY VERTICAL EITHER NW OR SE. THE QUARTZ VEINS THICKNESSES VARY FROM PAPER THIN TO 4.6M (15 FT), AND CAN BE TRACED ALONG STRIKE FROM 1 TO 18 M (3 TO 60 FT). THE VEINS ARE BRANCHED AND COMPOUNDED. ABUNDANT QUARTZ FLOAT IS FOUND EVERY WHERE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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