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Porter Prospect #2

Occurrence in Grayson county in Virginia, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
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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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080166
MRDS ID W031259
Record type Site
Current site name Porter Prospect #2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.11814, 36.7523 (WGS84)
Elevation 890
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 9 MILES N10E FROM INDEPENDENCE, 5 MILES S13W FROM CRIPPLE CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grayson(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cripple Creek(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Grayson

Comments on the location information

  • 750 FT OF STATE ROAD 805, 1300FT SOUTH OF STATE ROAD 857, 1800FT N80W FROM THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROADS 805 AND 818. FIELD EXAMINATION CONDUCTED 8/13/86 WITH ASSISTANCE FROM CHARLES DYKE AND 8/27/86 WITH BOGE CALLAHAN. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1986)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Cranberry Gneiss
    Rock description Cranberry Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Residual Clay;Cranberry Gneiss
    Rock description Residual Clay;Cranberry Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.11814, 36.7523
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium; E-W Trending Stone Mountain Fault Family
Type of structure Local
Structure description E-W Trending Normal Fault (Stose & Stose, 1957)

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 0.3M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGY BASED ON GEOLOGIC MAP BY RANKIN, ESPENSHADE, AND NEWMAN, 1972, USGS MISC. GEOL. INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-709-A. BEDROCK WAS NOT EXPOSED AT OR NEAR THE PROSPECT. STOSE & STOSE (1957) STATE THAT THE MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN PINK GRANITE AND PEGMATITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1938
Discoverer John Wilson

Mining district

District name Gossan Lead District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Dyke, Charles
    First year 1986

Comments on the workings information

  • FIELD EXAMINATIONS CONDUCTED 8/13/86 AND 8/27/86. TWO SMALL PITS, ABOUT 6 TO 10 FT WIDE AND 2 FT DEEP WITH MINOR BARITE AND QUARTZ VEIN FLOAT FOUND. THE AREA HAD BEEN RECENTLY CUT OVER FOR TIMBER. THE PROSPECT IS MOSTLY COVERED AND BEING FILLED IN.

Comments on development

  • PROSPECTED BY JOHN WILSON WHO FOUND BARITE WHILE CLEARING THE HILLTOP FOR A GARDEN (BOGE CALLAHAN, PERSONAL COMMUNICAITON, 1986).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 53, 85P.

  • Deposit

    STOSE AND STOSE, 1957, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GOSSAN LEAD DISTRICT AND ADJACENT AREAS IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 72, 233P.

  • Deposit

    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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BARITE FLOAT, WITH FRAGMENTS UP TO 0.3M (1.0FT) WIDE, WAS FOUND AT THE PROSPECT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1987 Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources
Updater 01-FEB-1987 Lovett, James A. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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