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Dixon 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082550
MRDS ID W055393
Record type Site
Current site name Dixon Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.40843, 36.71841 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 2.1 MILES NE OF TROUT DALE\n, Acc Within 500 Meters

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grayson(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Trout Dale(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)

Federal lands

Jefferson National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

George Washington and Jefferson 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

Comments on the location information

  • PROSPECTING ALONG RIPSHIN CREEK ON THE WESTERN FLANK OF HICKORY RIDGE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1959)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Unicoi
    Rock description Unicoi
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) Unicoi Formation
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1875

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • NO PROSPECT WORKINGS LOCATED IN THE FIELD IN 1985.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PRICE, LACEY, 1984, PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS

  • Deposit

    SWEET, P.C. AND LOVETT, J.A, 1985, 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-704-A.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: LATE 1800'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-87 Sweet, Palmer C. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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

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