| Deposit ID | 10093814 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W030886 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Bear Bed Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Laurel Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -80.36007, 36.82618 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 902 |
| Relative position | 2.4 MI (3.8 KM) SW OF TUGGLE GAP. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Floyd(county)
Virginia(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Woolwine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Galax(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Virginia | Floyd |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Sulfur-Pyrite | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Iron, Pig Iron | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Pyrrhotite | Ore |
| Hornblende | Gangue |
| Model code | 91 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 24b |
| Deposit model name | Massive sulfide, Besshi (Japanese deposits) |
| Mark3 model number | 30 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist | ||||
| Rock unit name | Lynchburg Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Lynchburg Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -80.36007, 36.82618 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Blue Ridge Anticlinorium |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1880 |
| District name | Southern Lead/Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province. |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Meigs County, Tenn. And Va. Mining Co. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W030886 |
SWEET, P.C. AND BELL, S.C., 1980, METALLIC MINERALIZATION IN THE BLUE RIDGE PROVINCE OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, IN PREPARATION
CURREY, R.O., 1880, THE COPPER AND IRON REGION OF THE FLOYD-CARROLL-GRAYSON PLATEAU OF THE BLUE RIDGE IN VIRGINIA: THE VIRGINIAS, V. 1, P. 80-81
DIETRICH, R.V., 1959, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF FLOYD COUNTY OF THE BLUE RIDGE UPLAND, SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION SERIES, BULLETIN NO. 134, 160 P.
1978 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES., PROBABLE AREA DETERMINED
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | LARGE AMOUNTS OF GOSSAN WERE PRESENT AND MAGNETITE WAS CONCENTRATED IN THE NORTHERN WALL OF THE VEIN. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1979 | Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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