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Marion Miller Prospect

Occurrence in Grayson county in Virginia, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082548
MRDS ID W055391
Record type Site
Current site name Marion Miller Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.66927, 36.58841 (WGS84)
Elevation 1164
Relative position 2.6 MILES S 70 W OF WHITETOP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grayson(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grayson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wytheville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winston-Salem(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Holston(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Cherokee National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Grayson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore

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 > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Mount Rogers
    Rock description Mount Rogers
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Mount Rogers Formation; Metafelsite
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1905
Discoverer Marion Miller

Comments on the workings information

  • AROUND 1905, MILLER PANNED GOLD FROM BIG HORSE CREEK AND DUG 2 PROSPECT PITS ON THE NW BRANCH OF BIG HORSE CREEK. PROSPECT PITS SEEN IN THE LAST 20 YEARS NOW SLOPES HAVE BEEN TIMBERED AND NOTHING IS PRESENT.

Comments on development

  • MR. MILLER DUG 2 PROSPECT PITS ON THE NORTHWESTERN BRANCH OF BIG HORSE CREEK.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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 W HALF OF WINSTON SALEM QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA, VIRGINIA AND TENNESSEE, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-709-A.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, VAUGHAN, 1985, PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VUGGY, IRON-STAINED QUARTZ FLOAT PRESENT ON HILLSIDES AND IN CREEK BED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1987 Sweet, Palmer C. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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