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Peppers Ferry Mine ?

Past Producer in Montgomery county in Virginia, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
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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. Mining district
  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 10080209
MRDS ID W031310
Record type Site
Current site name Peppers Ferry Mine ?
Alternate or previous names Pepper Prospect, Cloyd Prospect ?

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.55035, 37.16701 (WGS84)
Elevation 549
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 0.66 MI WSW OF CENTERVILLE, Est: Location Given Is For Small Cave. This Is Probably Not Location Of "Mine"., Est: Location Given Is For Small Cave. This Is Probably Not Location Of "Mine".

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montgomery(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Radford North(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)

Federal lands

Army Installations(Branch)

Branch ARMY(Type of land area)

ARMY(Federal land areas administered by ARMY)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Montgomery

Comments on the location information

  • 0.25 MI NORTH OF PEPPER (FORMERLY PEPPER FERRY) RR CROSSING EAST SIDE OF NEW RIVER, DRIVE ALONG RR TRACK NORFOLK AND WESTERN 1300 FEET. CUT IS ABOUT 100 FEET ABOVE TRACK LEVEL ON RADFORD ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT PROPERTY; 1:24000 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1984 EDITION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LEAD, ONLY, IS MENTIONED BY THE VIRGINIAS (1882); ZINC AND SPHALERITE IS SUPPOSITIONAL.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
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 > Limestone
    Rock unit name Elbrook Formation;Rome Formation
    Rock description Elbrook Formation;Rome Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.55035, 37.16701
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend, Belmont Synform, Price Mountain Window, Pulaski Thrust Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Max Meadows Fault

Ore body information

  • General form POD/LENS, IRREGULAR
    Strike N 45 DEG E
    Dip 23 DEG SE

Comments on the geologic information

  • THIS OCCURRENCE MAY BE A BLOCK OF ROME CAUGHT UP IN THE ELBROOK DURING THRUSTING. THE CAVE DESCRIBED DID NOT SHOW ANY LEAD MINERALIZATION AND STALACTITIC AND PISOLITIC SAMPLES SUGGESTING OXIDIZED ZINC MINERALIZATION PROVED TO BE CALCITE. THE VIRGINIAS' (1882) REPORT MAKES NOTE OF COAL IN THE AREA WHICH IS POSSIBLY IN THE PRICE FORMATION, EXPOSED IN THE PRICE MOUNTAIN WINDOW. ONE OF THE FORMATIONS NOTED ABOVE IS PROBABLY THE HOST FORMATION. BARTHOLOMEW AND LOWRY (1979) DESCRIBE THE GEOLOGY OF THE QUADRANGLE IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE EAST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1861
Year of first production 1861

Mining district

District name Austinville Lead Zinc

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION WAS PROBABLY SMALL.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 9.14M
    Overall depth 0M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT (?)/CAVE 30 FEET HORIZONTALLY INTO CLIFF ALONG RR CUT. ABOUT 3' HIGH, GRAY THICK BEDDED LIMESTONE WITH WHITE 1 FOOT BED OF DOLOMITE. THIS MAY BE THE SAME AS THE CLOYD PROSPECT. NO GALENA WAS NOTED IN PLACE OR IN RUBBLE AT ENTRANCE.

Comments on development

  • MINE OPERATED TO A LIMITED EXTENT ON ONE POD OF HIGH-GRADE ORE ONLY. ONE MAIN POD OF LEAD ORE SAID TO BE 1500 POUNDS WAS FOUND IN BRECCIATED DOLOMITE AND MINERALIZATION WAS NOTED FOR ONE MILE NE OF FERRY (THE VIRGINIAS, 1882, P. 174).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THE VIRGINIAS, 1882, THE LEAD MINE AT PEPPER'S FERRY: V. 111, NO. 11, P. 174.

  • Deposit

    BARTHOLOMEW, M.J., AND LOWRY, W.D., 1979, GEOLOGY OF THE BLACKSBURG QUADRANGLE, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 14, 1 SHEET WITH TEXT, SCALE 1:24,000.

  • Deposit

    SCHULTZ, ARTHUR P., 1986, MAX MEADOWS TECTONIC BRECCIA AT PEPPER, VIRGINIA, GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA CENTENNIAL FIELD GUIDE, SOUTHEASTERN SECTION.

  • Deposit

    SCHULTZ, A.P. AND BARTHOLOMEW, M.J., GEOLOGY OF RADFORD NORTH AND STAFFORDSVILLE QUADRANGLES, VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION (IN PREPARATION).

  • Deposit

    SCHULTZ, A.P. 1983, BROKEN FORMATION OF THE PULASKI THRUST SHEET NEAR PULASKI, VIRGINIA, PH.D. DISSERTATION, VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY, BLACKSBURG, VIRGINIA.

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL MINE OPENED

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WHITE BANDED, CRUSTED CAVERNOUS, PISOLITIC MATERIAL PROVED TO BE CALCITE FROM X-RAY EXAMINATION. LOCATION OF THE GALENA DEPOSIT REMAINS UNCERTAIN.
Deposit THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF NUMEROUS CAVES AND SOLUTION CAVITIES IN CARBONATE CATACLASTIC BLOCKS CAUGHT UP IN THRUST BRECCIATION, NOT AN EXPLORATION ADIT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-80 Meintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources
Updater 01-DEC-87 Good, Richard S. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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