| Deposit ID | 10080170 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W031263 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Vaught, S., Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -81.11953, 36.7523 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 876 |
| Relative position | APPROXIMATELY 9 MILES N 10 E OF INDEPENDENCE AND 1 MILE N 65 W OF FALLVILLE. |
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)
| 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 | ||||
| Rock unit name | Cranberry Gneiss Of Elk Park Plutonic Group | ||||
| Rock description | Cranberry Gneiss Of Elk Park Plutonic Group | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss |
| Rock unit name | Clay Residuum;Cranberry Gneiss |
| Rock description | Clay Residuum;Cranberry Gneiss |
| (1) | -81.11953, 36.7523 |
|---|
| 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). |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| 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 | Bourne, A. C. |
| First year | 1986 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W031263 |
EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 53, 85 P.
STOSE AND STOSE, 1957, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GOSSAN LEAD DISTRICT AND ADJACENT AREAS IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 72, 233 P.
RANKIN, ESPENSHADE AND NEWMAN, 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WEST HALF OF THE WINSTON SALEM QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA, VIRGINIA AND TENNESSEE, U.S.G.S. MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-709-A.
DIREXPL ? - PROSPECTED SIT
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | BARITE FLOAT WAS FOUND ON THE SURFACE, WITH FRAGMENTS UP TO 0.3 M (1.0 FT) WIDE. |
| Deposit | PROSPECT HAS BEEN FILLED IN AND GRADED LEVEL. AREA LOCATED IN OPEN PASTURE FIELD. LOCATION BASED ON DATA SHOWN BY STOSE & STOSE, 1957. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV; 5 PERS COMM |
| 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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