Green Branch Prospect

Occurrence in Patrick county in Virginia, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080144
MRDS ID W031231
Record type Site
Current site name Green Branch Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.117, 36.81257 (WGS84)
Elevation 347
Relative position 2.3 KM (1.45 MI) SSW OF DODSON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Patrick(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Philpott Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Galax(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winston-Salem(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Dan(hydrologic unit)

Roanoke(hydrologic accounting unit)

Chowan-Roanoke(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Patrick

Comments on the location information

  • 0.15 KM (0.1 MI) WNW OF STATE ROAD 623, 2.7 KM, (1.7 MI) BY ROAD NW OF VA. HWY. 346.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Rock unit name Lynchburg Formation
    Rock description Lynchburg Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Lynchburg Formation
    Rock description Lynchburg Formation

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend, Bowens Creek Fault, Green Branch Syncline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Gabbro Sill

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Zone Of Metagabbro And Graphite Schist

Comments on the geologic information

  • OCCURRENCE IS IN WALL ROCK OF METAGARBRO INTRUSION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO PITS ABOUT 76 M APART.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CONLEY, J.F., AND HENIKA, W.S., 1970, GEOLOGY OF THE PHILPOTT RESERVOIR QUADRANGLE, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 22, 46 P

  • Deposit

    1970 GEOLMAP VA. DIV. MIN. RES.: MAPPED QUADRANGLE.

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL TWO PROSPECT PITS DUG.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOSSAN ZONE IS LESS THAN 0.6 M WIDE.
Deposit PROSPECT NOT NAMED IN REFERENCE, MAY BE FOSTERS RIDGE PROSPECT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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