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Pilot Knob Prospect

Occurrence in Montgomery county in Virginia, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper
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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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080208
MRDS ID W031311
Record type Site
Current site name Pilot Knob Prospect
Alternate or previous names Abners Knob Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.48312, 37.0334 (WGS84)
Relative position EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN; ABOUT 5.5 KM (3.4 MI) SW OF RINER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montgomery(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Riner(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Radford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bluefield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper New(hydrologic unit)

Kanawha(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kanawha(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Montgomery

Comments on the location information

  • FONTAINE (1883, P. 190) DESCRIBES PROSPECT AS BEING HIGH UP ON PILOT (ABNERS) KNOB. THE KNOB IS NOW DESIGNATED CALFEE KNOB BY THE U.S.G.S. FIELD CHECKED. COULD NOT LOCATE PROSPECT IN 1988 (R.S. GOOD). NOTED DEPRESSION OR PIT ABOUT HALFWAY UP THE NORTHEAST SLOPE AND PITS ON THE EAST SIDE; CUT(?) IN ROME FORMATION ON THE NORTH SIDE OF CALFEE KNOB ON C.E. WILLIAMS PROPERTY.S

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Dolomite 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 > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Rome Formation;Unicoi Formation
    Rock description Rome Formation;Unicoi Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.48312, 37.0334
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend, Pilot Mountain-Fishers View Thrust Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 63 DEG E
    Dip 70 DEG NW
    Thickness 0.3M

Comments on the geologic information

  • A NAPPE OF UNICOI FORMATION OVERLIES THE ROME FORMATION ON CALFEE KNOB. THE MINERALIZATION IS POSSIBLY RELATED TO THE FAULT CONTACT OF THE TWO FORMATIONS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1882

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 18.3M
    Overall depth 18.3M

Comments on the workings information

  • AN 18.3 M (60 FT) SHAFT WAS NOTED IN 1883; PROBABLY ONLY A PROSPECT SHAFT.

Comments on development

  • DEPOSIT PROSPECTED AROUND 1880'S. ; ECON.COM: FONTAINE (1883, P. 190) DID NOT CONSIDER PROSPECT TO BE ECONOMICAL VALUE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DIETRICH, R.V., 1954, GEOLOGY OF THE PILOT MOUNTAIN AREA, VIRGINIA: BULLETIN OF THE VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION SERIES NO. 91, V. 47, NO. 4, 32 P.

  • Deposit

    FONTAINE, W.M., 1883-84, NOTES ON THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE FLOYD, VA., PLATEAU: THE VIRGINIAS, V. 4, P. 167, 178-180, 185-192; V. 5, P. 8-12.

  • Deposit

    1882 DIREXPL EXPLORATORY SHAFT DRIVEN.

  • Deposit

    195 GEOLMAP VA. ENG. EXP. STA: ISSUED REPORT NO. 91

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO DISTINCT VEINS NOTED. THICKNESS IS FOR MINERALIZED ZONE OF DOLOSTONE.

Reporter information

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

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