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Price Property Prospect

Past Producer in Wythe county in Virginia, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080260
MRDS ID W031368
Record type Site
Current site name Price Property Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.96648, 36.8334 (WGS84)
Relative position EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN, INSIDE OF IVANHOE TOWN LIMITS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wythe(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Austinville(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

  • LOCATED BEHIND THE IVANHOE HOTEL AND ALONG A STREET NORTH OF THE PRICE PROPERTY AND NORTH OF THE RAILROAD (NOW ABANDONED). NOT FIELD CHECKED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Hemimorphite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation Of Primary Sulphides

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 Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Residuum;Shady Dolomite
    Rock description Residuum;Shady Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.96648, 36.8334
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trends, Galena Synclinal Basin
Type of structure Local
Structure description Austinville Anticline, Ivanhoe Cross Fault, Gleaves Knob Overthrust, Pierce Mill Overthrust

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Thickness 9M
    Length 23M
    Width 1.8M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 9M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Clay Residuum

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1874
Year of first production 1874

Mining district

District name Ivanhoe District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Price

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 21.03M
    Overall width 1.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • ZINC ORE WAS MINED FROM ONE OPENING 23 M (75 FT) LONG, 1.8 M (6 FT) WIDE, AND 9 M (30 FT) DEEP.

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY BEHIND THE IVANHOE HOTEL WAS MINED BY OPEN PIT AND TRENCH IN 1874-1875. 49 TONS OF ZINC ORE WAS MINED. EXPOSURES ALONG A STREET NORTH OF THE PRICE PROPERTY AND NORTH OF THE RAILROAD (NOW ABANDONED) AN OCCURRENCE OF SPHALERITE, GALENA, AND BARITE IN SACCHAROIDAL DOLOMITE WAS REPORTED, BUT NOT PROSPECTED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    WATSON, T.L., 1905, LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1, 156 P.

  • Deposit

    1874 DIREXPL ? - MINED ZINC OR

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DIMENSIONS REFER TO THE THICKNESS OF THE CLAY MANTLE. OXIDIZED ZINC MINERALS OCCUR AS RESIDUUM. SPHALERITE, GALENA AND BARITE OCCUR IN A SACCHAROIDAL DOLOMITE BRECCIA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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