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Kimberling and Nobusiness Creeks Prospects

Occurrence in Bland county in Virginia, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080202
MRDS ID W031303
Record type Site
Current site name Kimberling and Nobusiness Creeks Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.96648, 37.1834 (WGS84)
Relative position EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bland(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mechanicsburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Radford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bluefield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle 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 Bland

Comments on the location information

  • SHOWINGS OF ORE HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE KIMBERLY - NOBUSINESS CREEK AREA NEAR HOLLY BROOK. THIS AREA IS WITHIN THE PURCHASE BOUNDARY OF JEFFERSON NATIONAL FOREST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 228
USGS model code 32b
Deposit model name Mississippi Valley, Appalachian Zn
Mark3 model number 42

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Huntersville Formation;Rocky Gap Sandstone
    Rock description Huntersville Formation;Rocky Gap Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.96648, 37.1834
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on development

  • NO DEVELOPMENT OF PROSPECTS HAS OCCURRED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUTTS, CHARLES, 1933, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE APPALACHIAN VALLEY IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    CURRIER, L.W., 1935, ZINC AND LEAD REGION OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 43, 122 P.

  • Deposit

    1933 GEOLMAP VA. GEOL. SURV.: ISSUED MAP

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 Meintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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