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Dryburg Prospect

Occurrence in Halifax 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080553
MRDS ID W031835
Record type Site
Current site name Dryburg Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.70807, 36.7209 (WGS84)
Elevation 131
Relative position 1.8 KM (1.1 MI) SOUTHEAST OF DRYBURG.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Halifax(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buffalo Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

South Boston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greensboro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Roanoke(hydrologic unit)

Roanoke(hydrologic accounting unit)

Chowan-Roanoke(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Halifax

Comments on the location information

  • ON BOTH SIDES OF STATE ROAD 344, 1.8 KM (1.1 MI) BY ROAD SOUTHEAST OF ITS INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROAD 716 AT DRYBURG.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ASSAYS INDICATE 0.1 OZ AU/TON.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Rock unit name Aaron Formation
    Rock description Aaron Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.70807, 36.7209
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend, Virgilina Synclinorium

Ore body information

  • Strike NE-SW
    Dip STEEPLY SE
    Width 9.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE AGE OF THE AARON FORMATION IS THOUGHT TO BE LATEST PRECAMBRIAN TO EARLIEST MIDDLE CAMBRIAN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Virgilina District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE PIT WAS SEEN IN 1982, IN THE SOUTHWEST END OF A QUARTZ VEIN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LANEY, F. B., 1917, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE VIRGILINA DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA: VA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 14, 176 P.

  • Deposit

    BUCHANAN, T. E., 1981 - PERSONAL COMMUNICATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IN A QUARTZ VEIN, WITH TWO OTHER VEINS, EN ECHELON, TO THE NORTH. DIMENSIONS REFER TO THE QUARTZ VEIN. IRON-OXIDE STAINING IS PRESENT ON THE QUARTZ.

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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