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Kentuck Prospect

Occurrence in Pittsylvania county in Virginia, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080551
MRDS ID W031833
Record type Site
Current site name Kentuck Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.2942, 36.6709 (WGS84)
Elevation 201
Relative position 1.4 KM (0.85 MI) NORTHEAST OF KENTUCK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pittsylvania(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blairs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Danville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greensboro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Dan(hydrologic unit)

Roanoke(hydrologic accounting unit)

Chowan-Roanoke(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Pittsylvania

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTHEAST OF OLIVER CREEK, 0.7 KM (0.45 MI) NORTHWEST FROM THE END OF STATE ROAD 987.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Metamorphosed Volcanic-Sedimentary Rocks
    Rock description Metamorphosed Volcanic-Sedimentary Rocks
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.2942, 36.6709
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend
Type of structure Local
Structure description Syncline

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1860

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • AT LEAST 5 PITS WERE EVIDENT IN 1982. QUARTZ AND SCHIST IS PRESENT ON THE DUMPS. THERE WAS NO VISIBLE GOLD IN THE QUARTZ.

Comments on development

  • LOCAL RESIDENTS INDICATE THAT THIS PROSPECT WAS WORKED BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR. IT IS NOT KNOWN IF ANY GOLD WAS PRODUCED, BUT IT IS DOUBTFUL BASED ON THE SMALL SIZE OF THE WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HENIKA, W. S., 1977, GEOLOGY OF THE BLAIRS, MOUNT HERMON, DANVILLE, AND RINGGOLD QUADRANGLES, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 2, 45 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEINS OCCUR IN THE SCHIST AND GNEISS COUNTRY ROCK. ONE VEIN IS EXPOSED IN A SMALL CREEK SOUTHEAST OF THE PITS, AND IS PARALLEL TO THE FOLIATION OF THE COUNTRY ROCK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1982 Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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