| Deposit ID | 10080169 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W031262 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Vaught, F., Prospect #2 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -81.11648, 36.74619 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 914 |
| Location accuracy | 500(meters) |
| Relative position | APPROXIMATELY 8.6 MILES N10E FROM INDEPENDENCE, .75 MILES N80W OF FALLVILLE. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Grayson(county)
Virginia(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Brierpatch Mountain(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Virginia | Grayson |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Barium-Barite Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Cattron Diorite | ||||||
| Rock description | Cattron Diorite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| Rock unit name | Unicoi Formation |
| Rock description | Unicoi Formation |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Arkose |
| (1) | -81.11648, 36.74619 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Faults, High Knob Syncline; Ne-Sw Transverse Fault And E-W Trending Stone Mountain Fault Family Found To The North. |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 0.46M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1938 |
| District name | Gossan Lead District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Burris, William |
| First year | 1986 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W031262 |
EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 3, 85P.
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 TENNESSE, USGS MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-709-A.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | BARITE OCCURRED AS A VEIN IN THE GRANITE GNEISS (?), UP TO 0.46M (1.5FT) THICK. ACCORDING TO GEOLOGIC MAP BY STOSE AND STOSE (1957) THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE UNICOI FORMATION - A LOWER ARKOSE CONGLOMERATE, WITH CATTRON DIORITE NEARBY. |
| Deposit | LOCATION IS ONLY APPROXIMATED. NO WORKINGS OR BARITE FLOAT WERE FOUND DURING THE FIELD EXAMINATION. LOCAL RESIDENTS WERE INTERVIEWED, BUT NO ONE KNEW OF ANY HISTORY OR LOCATION OF THE PROSPECT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV; 5 PERS COMM |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-87 | Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) | Virginia Division of Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-FEB-87 | Lovett, James A. | Virginia Division of Mineral Resources |
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