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Kinzer Prospect

Occurrence in Grayson 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082547
MRDS ID W055390
Record type Site
Current site name Kinzer Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.14842, 36.71119 (WGS84)
Elevation 799
Relative position 0.25 MILES N 35 W OF THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROAD 660 WITH STATE ROAD 696

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grayson(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elk Creek(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 Grayson

Comments on the location information

  • PROSPECT AREA GRADED LEVEL YEARS AGO AND NOW IT IS AN OPEN FARM FIELD ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1967)

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 Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Cranberry Gneiss
    Rock description Cranberry Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eoarchean
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GNEISSIC UNIT IS IN THE ELK PARK PLUTONIC GROUP.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1890
Discoverer Gum Kinzer

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • MR. KINZER COLLECTED ROCK SAMPLES AND DUG A SHALLOW PROSPECT PIT N OF ELK CREEK (PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, 1985, FIELD HERRINGTON). GOLD WAS FOUND WITH PYRITE IN A QUARTZ VEIN TO THE NW OF THE VILLAGE OF ELK CREEK, BUT AN EXACT LOCATION WAS NOT KNOWN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOYD, C.R., 1881, RESOURCES OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA; NEW YORK, JOHN WILEY AND SONE, 321P.

  • Deposit

    SWEET, P.C. AND LOVETT, J.A., 1985, VDMR, VIRGINIA MINERALS, VOL.31, NO.4, P.41-52.

  • Deposit

    RANKIN, D.W. AND OTHERS, 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WEST HALF OF THE WINSTON SALEM QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA, VIRGINIA AND TENNESSEE, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS, MAP I-709-A.

  • Deposit

    FRENCH, A.E., 1968, GEMSTONE, MINERAL AND FOSSIL COLLECTING IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE APPALACHIAN REGION: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 580, 492P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PRIOR TO 1881, PYRITE WAS FOUND IN QUARTZ VEINS AROUND ELK CREEK. C.R. BOYD RECOMMENDED EXPLORATION FOR GOLD N OF POINT LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN ALONG ELK CREEK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1986 Sweet, Palmer C. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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