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Davis Prospect

Occurrence in Wythe county in Virginia, United States with commodities Zinc, Iron, 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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080249
MRDS ID W031356
Record type Site
Current site name Davis Prospect
Alternate or previous names Newland Farm Lead Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.27538, 36.81036 (WGS84)
Elevation 747
Relative position 14.0 MILES S 47 DEG W FROM MARION, 1.6 MILES S 43 DEG E FROM CEDAR SPRINGS (DOT WYTHE COUNTY HIGHWAY MAP, 1981)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wythe(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cedar Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wytheville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winston-Salem(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 Wythe

Comments on the location information

  • CURRIER DESCRIBED THIS PROSPECT AS 3/4 MILE WEST OF THE JAMES PROPERTY (WYTHE COUNTY) AND 1 1/2 MILES SOUTH OF CEDAR SPRINGS. THIS PROSPECT IS 4200 FEET S 74 DEG W FROM THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROADS 629 AND 749 SOUTHEAST OF CEDAR SPRINGS, 4050 FEET S 12 DEG E FROM BENCH MARK K 20 (2432) EAST OF ASBURY CREEK AND CRIPPLE CREEK, 50 TO 150 FEET NORTH OF STATE ROAD 692. ONE OF THE LARGER PROSPECTS FOUND IN THE AREA. REFERRED TO AS NEWLAND FARM LEAD MINE BY LOCAL RESIDENTS. SMALL QUARRY 100 FEET NORTH OF PRIVATE GRAVEL ROAD TO TROUT FARM (EXTENSION OF ROUTE 692) 0.9 MILE WEST FROM RUT 749. LOCATED NEXT TO FARM SILO. STOP SIGN ON GATE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1988)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Iron Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Goethite Ore
Hematite Ore
Hemimorphite Ore
Limonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Quartz 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 Shady Dolomite
    Rock description Shady Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.27538, 36.81036
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Pulaski Fault, Holston Mountain Fault; Ne-Sw Trending Valley And Ridge
Type of structure Local
Structure description Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike S 70 DEG W
    Dip 39 DEG SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures In The Dolomite

Comments on the geologic information

  • DOLOMITE FOUND ON THE DUMP IS LIGHT TO MEDIUM GRAY, MASSIVE, FINE GRAINED CRYSTALLINE, IRREGULAR BEDDED AND FRACTURED WITH THIN VEINS OF CALCITE AND WHITE DOLOMITE WITH MINOR IRON STAINING ALONG OUTSIDE EDGE OF VEINS. CURRIER (1935, P. 106) NOTES PROPERTY IS 0.75 MILES WEST OF JAMES PROPERTY PROSPECT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1925

Mining district

District name Cedar Springs Lead/Zinc District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Darryl Briggs

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 48.77M
    Overall depth 6.1M
    Overall length 91.44M
    Overall width 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • NO DESCRIPTION OF THE WORKINGS FOUND IN THE LITERATURE. FIELD EXAMINATION CONDUCTED 2/18/88. FAIRLY LARGE SURFACE WORKINGS. MAIN PIT IS APPROXIMATELY 120 FEET LONG, 60 TO 80 FEET WIDE, AND 20 FT DEEP CUT IN N 70 DEG E DIRECTION PARALLEL TO STRIKE. TRENCH CUT PERPENDICULAR TO STRIKE FROM THE ROAD IS APPROXIMATELY 80 FEET LONG, 20 FEET WIDE AND 8 FEET DEEP. SMALLER WORKINGS OF PITS AND TRENCHES EXTEND FOR ABOUT 150 FEET TO THE EAST. DUMP MATERIAL SCATTERED. MAIN PIT IS PARTIALLY FILLED WITH TRASH AND DEBRIS. WORKINGS AND DUMPS ARE HEAVILY WEATHERED AND GROWN OVER.

Comments on development

  • NO EXPLORATION/DEVELOPMENT DATA GIVEN IN THE LITERATURE, OR DETAILED HISTORY KNOWN ABOUT BY LOCAL RESIDENTS. ONE OF THE LARGER PROSPECTS IN THE AREA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    RANKIN, D.W., ESPENSHADE, G.H., AND NEUMAN, R.B., 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WEST HALF OF THE WINSTON-SALEM QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA-VIRGINIA, AND TENNESSEE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-709-A, 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    1934 GEOLMAP VA. GEOL. SURV.: ISSUED BULL. 43.

  • Deposit

    1972 GEOLMAP R.B. NEUMAN: MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-709-A.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1 METER THICKNESS OF OCHER WITH NODULES OF GOETHITE-LIMONITE. WHITE CRYSTALLINE POWDER NOTED IN LIMONITE-SECONDARY FE SULFATES (?). MOST LIKELY, MINERALIZATION OCCURRED AS OPEN SPACE FILLING IN FRACTURED (BRECCIATED?) DOLOMITE.
Deposit CURRIER (1935) DOES NOT DESCRIBE OCCURRENCE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV; 5 PERS COMM
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S ?

Reporter information

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. (Good, Richard S.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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