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Baker Branch 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. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082559
MRDS ID W055402
Record type Site
Current site name Baker Branch Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.51954, 36.61202 (WGS84)
Elevation 1085
Relative position 1800 FT N 15 E OF THE INTERSECTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 58 WITH STATE ROAD 749

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grayson(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Park(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

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COMMODITY PROSPECTED, NOT ABLE TO VERIFY THAT IT WAS FOUND

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.51954, 36.61202
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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 1925

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Co. From New York (1909 Or
    Last year 1910

Comments on development

  • A LARGE PIT E OF BAKER BRANCH BETWEEN THE CREEK AND THE GRAVEL ROAD WERE DUG; LATER THE PIT WAS FILLED AND GRADED LEVEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    GREER, ALEX, 1985, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION

  • 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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-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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