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Hudgins Prospect

Occurrence in Buckingham county in Virginia, United States with commodities Zinc, Copper, Lead, Gold, Silver, Sulfur-Pyrite, Iron, Pig Iron
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096528
MRDS ID W028993
Record type Site
Current site name Hudgins Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.30805, 37.68005 (WGS84)
Elevation 98
Relative position 1.4 MI (2.3 KM) E OF ARVONIA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Buckingham(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Arvonia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillwyn(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roanoke(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle James-Buffalo(hydrologic unit)

James(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Buckingham

Comments on the location information

  • 0.1 MI (0.2 KM) OFF S SIDE OF STATE ROAD 672, ABOUT 0.8 MI (1.3 KM) BY ROAD WEST OF JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 670.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Sulfur-Pyrite Secondary
Iron, Pig Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Garnet Gangue
Hornblende Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 184
USGS model code 28a
Deposit model name Massive sulfide, kuroko
Mark3 model number 93

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Chopawamsic Formation;Hatcher Complex;Arvonia Formation
    Rock description Chopawamsic Formation;Hatcher Complex;Arvonia Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.30805, 37.68005
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Arvonia Syncline, Ne-Sw Trend

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, POD/LENS
    Strike N 20 DEG E
    Dip ALMOST VERTICAL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone, Schistosity

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1895

Mining district

District name Gold-Pyrite Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Virginia Mining Corp.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 21.3M

Comments on the workings information

  • 70 FT (21.3 M) SHAFT SUNK AT TURN OF CENTURY, PARTLY CAVED AND INACCESSIBLE BY 1911. DIAMOND DRILLING CONDUCTED IN 1955. FOUR SMALL DUMP PILES EVIDENT IN 1974

Comments on development

  • DURING THE 1890'S A 21 M (70 FT) SHAFT WAS SUNK, BUT NO HIGH-GRADE SULFIDES WERE FOUND AND LITTTE MORE DEVELOPMENT WORK OCCURRED. IN 1950, THE BUCKINGHAM MINERAL SYNDICATE, INC., TEASED THE LAND AROUND THE NEW CANTON MINES, RAN A RESISTIVITY SURVEY AND BASED ON THE RESULTS SEVERAL DRILL HOLES WERE DRILLED BY THE MATHESON CORPORATION. THE DRILL HOLES WERE PROBABLY NOT BUT DOWN AT THE HUDGINS PROSPECT. IN 1955, THE VIRGINIA MINING CORP. RAN GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE TREND. AS A RESULT OF MAGNETIC AND SELF-POTENTIAL SURVEYS, AN ANOMALY WAS OUTLINED AND ELEVEN HOLES WERE DRILLED IN THE VICINITY OF THE HUDGINS MINE. NO OTHER DEVELOPMENT WORK HAS OCCURRED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SWEET, P.C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 19, 77 P.

  • Deposit

    TABER, S., 1913, GEOLOGY OF THE GOLD BELT IN THE JAMES RIVER BASIN, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 7, 271 P.

  • Deposit

    BARNES, R.C., 1963, GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATION OF SULFIDE DEPOSITS NEAR NEW CANTON, VIRGINIA: UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA UNPUBLISHED M. S. THESIS.

  • Deposit

    BROWN, W.R., 1969, GEOLOGY OF THE DILLWYN QUADRANGLE, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 10, 77 P.

  • Deposit

    1890 DIREXPL SHAFT SUNK

  • Deposit

    1955 DIREXPL VIRGINIA MINING CORP., DIAMOND DRILLING

  • Deposit

    1974 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES., RELOCATED MINE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1890'S
Deposit PROSPECT IS THE SOUTHWESTERN MOST OF THE NEW CANTON MINES (MARGARET, MCKENNA, JOHNSON). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Deposit NEW CANTON-TYPE DEPOSIT (SEE TABER, 1913).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1979 Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources
Updater 01-OCT-1981 Trimble, David C. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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