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Mount Ephraim Church Prospect

Occurrence in Wythe county in Virginia, United States with commodities Zinc, Sulfur-Pyrite
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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 10080259
MRDS ID W031367
Record type Site
Current site name Mount Ephraim Church Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.17092, 36.87201 (WGS84)
Elevation 741
Relative position 1.5 MI SE OF CROCKETT (CROCKETT QUADRANGLE); 0.3 MI SSE OF EPHRAIM CHURCH (CROCKETT QUADRANGLE).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wythe(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Speedwell(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

  • 0.4 KM (0.25 MI) SOUTH OF MOUNT EPHRAIM CHURCH. 0.4 KM (0.25 MI) NORTH ON STATE ROAD 690 FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH U.S. ROUTE 21, 60 M (197 FT) EAST OF ROAD IN FORK OF TWO CREEKS, AT WEST END OF SAND MOUNTAIN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Sulfur-Pyrite Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GALENA NOT PRESENT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite 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) -81.17092, 36.87201
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trends, Faulting, Lick Mountain Anticlinorium
Type of structure Local
Structure description Sand Mountain Overthrust

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Length 23M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciation

Comments on the geologic information

  • RUBBLE OF GRAY DOLOMITE AT PITS; OCHERY BRECCIA BOULDER IN YARD OF NEARBY BRICK HOUSE (DAVID MORRIS)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sand Mountain Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner David Morris

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 21.03M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO PITS 6-8 FEET WIDE, NOW 2 TO 3 FEET DEEP, ABOUT 60 FEET APART ALONG A LINE N 55 DEG E, ABOUT 100 FEET SOUTH OF FORK IN UNNAMED STREAM WHICH CROSSES ROUTE 690. NO EXTENSIVE DUMP PILE, NO MINERALIZATION NOTED IN PIT FRAGMENTS.

Comments on development

  • TWO PITS WERE DUG BY UNKNOWN COMPANY. DATE OF DIGGINGS ALSO UNKNOWN. PITS WERE OF UNKNOWN DEPTH AND ABOUT 23 M (75 FT) APART ALONG A LINE BEARING N55E.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL ? - DUG 2 PIT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SPHALERITE OCCURS PERIPHERALLY IN DOLOMITE AND CALCITE VEINS. SPHALERITE AND PYRITE ARE ALSO DISSEMINATED IN THE DOLOMITE BRECCIA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources
Updater 01-APR-1988 Good, Richard S. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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