Brickey Prospect

Occurrence in Scott county in Virginia, United States with commodity Zinc

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Mineral occurrence model information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Geologic structures
Ore body information
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Land status
Ownership information
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10080228
MRDS ID	W031333
Record type	Site
Current site name	Brickey Prospect
Alternate or previous names	Hagan Property Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-82.60042, 36.7973 (WGS84)
Elevation	427
Relative position	3.25 KM (2.0 MI) NW OF FORT BLACKMORE; 0.35 KM (0.2 MI) WEST OF LANO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Scott(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fort Blackmore(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bristol(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clinch, Tennessee, Virginia(hydrologic unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Virginia	Scott

Comments on the location information

LOCATION APPROXIMATE, NOT FIELD CHECKED. PROPERTY IS WITHIN PURCHASE BOUNDARY OF JEFFERSON NATIONAL FOREST. ABOUT 225 M (800 FT) WEST OF STATE ROAD 728 0.2 KM (0.1 M) NW OF JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 619 IN LANO.

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Zinc Critical	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Sphalerite	Ore

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

Rock description

Rome Formation

Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Early Cambrian
Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-82.60042, 36.7973	ListMap

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure	Regional
Structure description	Ne-Sw Trend, Clinchport Fault

Ore body information

Strike N 63 DEG. E (?)

Dip 70 DEG. NW (?)

Strike	N 63 DEG. E (?)
Dip	70 DEG. NW (?)

Comments on the geologic information

TO THE WEST SHALE IS ADJACENT TO THE DOLOSTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No
Discovery year	1915

Land status

Ownership category	Private

Ownership information

Type Owner

Owner Brickey

Type	Owner
Owner	Brickey

Comments on the workings information

SURFACE PIT ABOUT 7.6 M (25 FT) DEEP WAS PRESENT IN 1916.

Comments on development

PROPERTY PROSPECTED APPARENTLY DURING WW I BY MEANS OF EXCAVATION AND THE DRILLING OF A 44.2 M 45 DEG HOLE (VERTICAL DEPTH = 31.3 M).

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W031333

Bibliographic references

Deposit

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

DIREXPL PROSPECTED BY TRENCHING AND DRILLIN

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	DRILL HOLE DID NOT INTERSECT MINERALIZATION BELOW PROSPECT PIT.
Deposit	THE ONLY REFERENCE TO THIS PROSPECT IS A REPORT IN THE FILES OF THE VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit	Discovery Year: WW I

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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