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Weddle Prospect

Occurrence in Floyd county in Virginia, United States with commodities Iron, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080137
MRDS ID W031223
Record type Site
Current site name Weddle Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.37035, 36.85257 (WGS84)
Elevation 829
Relative position 4.59 KM (2.85 MI) WNW OF TUGGLE GAP.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Floyd(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Woolwine(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

  • 1.9 KM W OF SUMMIT OF PANTHER KNOB; 0.4 KM (0.25 MI) OFF NE SIDE OF STATE ROAD 605 ABOUT 0.24 KM (0.15 MI) BY ROAD SE OF ITS INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROAD 726.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Copper Primary
Sulfur-Pyrite Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Limonite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

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) -80.37035, 36.85257
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Blue Ridge Anticlinorium

Ore body information

  • General form LENS

Comments on the geologic information

  • ON SOUTH SIDE OF NEARBY STREAM ARE NUMEROUS PILES OF BOULDER-SIZE PIECES OF WHITE QUARTZ STAINED RED-BLACK BY IRON-OXIDE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL DEPRESSIONS 5 M - 6 M IN DIAMETER ON SLOPE ON THE N SIDE OF THE STREAM FILLED WITH WHITE QUARTZ AND SCHIST BOULDERS REPORTED 1978.

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 DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 7, 167 P.

  • Deposit

    1978 RECON VA. DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES; SITE INSPECTE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LENSES AND BANDS OF LIMONITE OCCUR IN SCHIST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1979 Beaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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