| Deposit ID | 10080163 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W031255 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Cox, Charles, Farm Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -81.25788, 36.57425 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 808 |
| Relative position | 5.6 MILES S65W OF INDEPENDENCE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Grayson(county)
Virginia(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mouth of Wilson(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Virginia | Grayson |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Barium-Barite Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Tectonite > Augen Gneiss |
| Rock unit name | Shoal Gneiss (Stose & Stose, 1957), Cranberry Gneiss (Rankin, Et El., 1972) |
| Rock description | Shoal Gneiss (Stose & Stose, 1957), Cranberry Gneiss (Rankin, Et El., 1972) |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Tectonite > Mylonite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Tectonite > Augen Gneiss |
| Rock unit name | Cranberry Gneiss |
| Rock description | Cranberry Gneiss |
| (1) | -81.25788, 36.57425 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | W-Sw/E-Ne Trending Fries (Thrust) Fault Family |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | E-W Trend Of The Foliation/Schistosity |
| General form | LENSES |
|---|---|
| Strike | NEARLY E-W |
| Dip | 50 DEG S |
| Thickness | 0.3M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1936 |
| Discoverer | Charles Cox |
| Year of last production | 1937 |
| District name | Gossan Lead District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Gambill, Robert G. |
| First year | 1986 |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 3.05M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W031255 |
STOSE & STOSE, 1957, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GOSSAN LEAD DISTRICT AND ADJACENT AREAS IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 72, 233P.
RANKIN, ESPENSHADE, AND NEWMAN, 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WEST HALF OF THE WINSTON SALEM QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA, VIRGINIA, AND TENNESSEE, USGS MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-709-A.
1936 DIREXPL ? - DUG TRENCHE
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | BARITE REPLACES MICA SCHIST IN THREE PARALLEL LAYERS, WHICH HAVE A MAXIMUM THICKNESS OF 0.3M (1FT). THE BARITE IS MASSIVE, AND APPEARS TO BE OF HIGH GRADEK BUT ITS EXTENT BELOW A DEPTH OF 3M (10FT) IS UNKNOWN. |
| Deposit | THE PROSPECT AREA IS NOW IN AN OPEN PASTURE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE HILL CREST. O. WARD (PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, 1985) STATES THAT THE PROSPECT PITS HAD BEEN FILLED IN AND GRADED LEVEL LONG AGO. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV; 5 PERS COMM |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1987 | Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) | Virginia Division of Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-JAN-1987 | Lovett, James A. | Virginia Division of Mineral Resources |
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