Vaught, S., Prospect

Occurrence in Grayson county in Virginia, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
Sections on this page
  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080170
MRDS ID W031263
Record type Site
Current site name Vaught, S., Prospect

Geographic coordinates

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.

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

  • 2400 FT N 82 W OF THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROADS 805 AND 810. OTHER WORKINGS LOCATED 580 FT TO THE WEST, AT UTM COORDINATES N 4067170 AND E 489125. FIELD EXAMINATION CONDUCTED 8/13/86. ; 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 Of Elk Park Plutonic Group
    Rock description Cranberry Gneiss Of Elk Park Plutonic Group
    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 Clay Residuum;Cranberry Gneiss
    Rock description Clay Residuum;Cranberry Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.11953, 36.7523

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

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Clay Residuum?

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGY BASED ON MAP BY RANKIN, ESPENSHADE, AND NEWMAN, 1972, USGS MISC. GEOL. INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-709-A. NO BEDROCK EXPOSED IN PROSPECT AREA. STOSE & STOSE (1957) STATE THE PROSPECT IS 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

Mining district

District name Gossan Lead District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bourne, A. C.
    First year 1986

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL TEST PITS WERE DUG BEFORE 1938. STOSE & STOSE STATE THE PROSPECT WAS FILLED BY 1957 AND PLOTS IN AN OPEN FIELD. FIELD EXAMINATION CONDUCTED 8/13/86. NO OBVIOUS WORKINGS (LARGE PIT, TRENCH OR DUMP) WERE FOUND. LOCATION BASED ON ABUNDANT FLOAT OR A BREAK-IN NATURAL SLOPE WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN A FILLED AND GRASSED OVER PIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL ? - PROSPECTED SIT

General comments

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

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

Beyond USGS

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