Buckeye Creek Prospect

Occurrence in Watauga county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Tungsten, Beryllium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094985
MRDS ID K000071
Record type Site
Current site name Buckeye Creek Prospect
Related records 10199945

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.90262, 36.23148 (WGS84)
Elevation 1097
Relative position 1.7 MILES EAST OF WHALEY ON BUCKEYE CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Watauga(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elk Park(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boone(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Watauga, North Carolina, Tennessee(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Pisgah National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Croatan National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

National Forests in North Carolina(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Watauga

Comments on the location information

  • DUMP MATERIAL AT UTM N. 4015200, E. 418460 ZONE +17

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Beryllium Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MINERAL IDENTIFICATION PROBABLY CORRECT BY BILL LEHNERT, EASTMAN ROCK AND MINERAL CLUB. . ACCORDING TO BRYANT (1966) NO LEAD MINERALS WERE FOUND ON THE DUMP.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Pyromorphite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.90262, 36.23148

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • DATA NOT AVAILABLE

Comments on the workings information

  • DETAILS LACKING. DUMP MATERIAL LOWER ON SLOPE

Comments on development

  • PROBABLY CORRECT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE OF FEW, REPORTED WULFENITE LOCALITIES IN EASTERN US

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1972 Fagan, James M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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