| Deposit ID | 10082555 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W055398 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Cornit, Martin, Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Mine Hole Field |
| Geographic coordinates: | -81.13898, 36.74175 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 808 |
| Relative position | APPROXIMATELY 8.2 MILES N SE FROM INDEPENDENCE |
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)
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Virginia | Grayson |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Barium-Barite Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Cranberry Gneiss Of The Elk Park Plutonic Group | ||||||||
| Rock description | Cranberry Gneiss Of The Elk Park Plutonic Group | ||||||||
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| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss |
| Rock unit name | Residual Clay |
| Rock description | Residual Clay |
| (1) | -81.13898, 36.74175 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | E-W Trending Stone Mountain Fault Family To The N And Sw-Ne Trending Fries Fault Family To The South |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | E-W Trending Normal Faults Located Less Than 1 Mile To The North (Stose And Stose, 1957). |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1915 |
| District name | Gossan Lead District |
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| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Martin Cornit |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | High Knob Ltd. Farm |
| First year | 1986 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W055398 |
RANKIN, ESPENSHADE, AND NEWMAN, 1972, GEOLOGY MAP OF THE WEST HALF OF THE WINSTON-SALEM QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA, VIRGINIA AND TENNESSEE, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGAIONS MAP I-709-A.
STOSE AND STOSE, 1957, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GOSSAN LEAD DISTRICT AND ADJACENT AREAS IN VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLITIN 72, 233P.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | NO DETAILED DATA AVAILABLE |
| Deposit | NO RECORD OF THIS PROSPECT WAS FOUND IN THE LITERATURE. BOGE CALLAHAN (PERSONAL COMMUNICATION 1986) STATED THE PROPERTY WAS PROSPECTED BEFORE 1915. HE HAD OPERATED FARM EQUIPMENT IN THIS FIELD WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER AND IDENTIFIED THE EXACT LOCATION ON THE HILLSIDE WHERE THE WORKINGS HAD BEEN LOCATED. HE REFERRED TO IT IS THE "MINE HOLE FIELD." THE WORKINGS HAVE SINCE BEEN FILLED IN AND GRADED LEVEL AND IS NOW IN AN OPEN PASTURE AND CULTIVATED FARM FIELD. NO WORKINGS WERE FOUND IN THE FIELD AND NO BARITE WAS FOUND. ; INFO.SRC : 5 PERS COMM; 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1987 | Lovett, James A. (Sweet Palmer C.) | Virginia Division of Mineral Resources |
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