| Deposit ID | 10080235 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W031341 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Calhoun Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -81.45232, 36.77647 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 783 |
| Relative position | 5.3 MILES S 40 DEG E FROM MARION, 2.2 MILES N 87 DEG 2 FROM SUGAR GROVE (DOT SMYTH COUNTY HIGHWAY MAP, 1981) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Smyth(county)
Virginia(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Atkins(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Wytheville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Winston-Salem(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
South Fork Holston(hydrologic unit)
French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)
Tennessee(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Virginia | Smyth |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Manganese Critical | Secondary |
| Quartz | Tertiary |
| Dolomite | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Hemimorphite | Ore |
| Manganite | Ore |
| Psilomelane | Ore |
| Quartz | Ore |
| Smithsonite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Dolomite | Unknown |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate) | ||
| Rock unit name | Shady Formation | ||
| Rock description | Shady Formation | ||
| |||
| (1) | -81.45232, 36.77647 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Ne-Sw Trend, Valley And Ridge |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Faulting, Anticline |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 65 DEG. E |
| Dip | 80 DEG SE |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1904 |
| Discoverer | Virginia Lead And Zinc Company |
| District name | Rye Valley Lead/Zinc District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Virginia Lead And Zinc Co. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | W. D. Earnest |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W031341 |
CURRIER, L.W., 1935, ZINC AND LEAD REGION OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 43, 122 P.
MILLER, R.L., 1944, GEOLOGY AND MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE GLADE MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 61, 150 P.
STOSE, G.W., MISER, H.D., KATZ, F.J., AND HEWETT, D.F., 1919, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE WEST FOOT OF THE BLUE RIDGE, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 17, 166 P.
WATSON, T.L., 1905, LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1, 156 P.
1904 DIREXPL VIRGINIA LEAD & ZINC CO.: PROSPECTED AREA.
191? DIREXPL PROPERTY PROSPECTED FOR MANGANESE.
1934 GEOLMAP VA. GEOL. SURV.: ISSUED BULL. 43.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MINERALIZATION OCCURS AS OPEN SPACE FILLING AND RPLACEMENT (?) BETWEEN CRUSHED FRAGMENTS OF DOLOMITE/LIMESTONE, FORMING BRECCIA ORE. ZINC ORE AS IRREGULAR MASSES OF YELLOW, CRYSTALLIZED SPHALERITE SIMILAR TO THAT OCCURING AT CEDAR SPRINGS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1980 | Meintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.) | Virginia Division of Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-MAR-1988 | Lovett, James A. | Virginia Division of Mineral Resources |
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