Jackson Ferry West Prospect

Occurrence in Wythe county in Virginia, United States with commodities Zinc, Sulfur-Pyrite
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080253
MRDS ID W031361
Record type Site
Current site name Jackson Ferry West Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.88924, 36.87813 (WGS84)
Elevation 597
Relative position 0.6 KM (0.4 MI) SE OF GALENA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wythe(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Max Meadows(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Galax(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

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATE, NOT FIELD CHECKED. JUST NNE OF U.S. HWY 52, 0.6 KM (0.4 MI) BY ROAD SE OF JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 619 IN GALENA. R.S. GOOD WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE PROSPECT IN MARCH, 1988.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Sulfur-Pyrite Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
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 Shady Formation (Patterson (Ribbon) Member)
    Rock description Shady Formation (Patterson (Ribbon) Member)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.88924, 36.87813

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend, Austinville Synclinal Basin Gleaves Knob Overthrust
Type of structure Local
Structure description Hematite Mountain Overthrust

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • SHADY FORMATION IS PINCHED OUT IN THE VICINITY OF THIS OCCURRENCE BY THE ERWIN FORMATION AND THE ELBROOK FORMATION (STOSE AND STOSE, 1957, PL. 1)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Austinville-Ivanhoe District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • OCCURRENCE NOT DEVELOPED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    STOSE, A.J., AND STOSE, G.W., 1957, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GOSSAN LEAD DISTRICT AND ADJACENT AREAS IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 72, 233 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1939 GEOLMAP VA. GEOL. SURV: ISSUED BULL. 72.

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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