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Bumpus Property Prospect

Occurrence in Buckingham county in Virginia, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096537
MRDS ID W029534
Record type Site
Current site name Bumpus Property Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.38305, 37.70005 (WGS84)
Relative position EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Buckingham(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Diana Mills(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Epidote 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 Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Chopawamsic Formation
    Rock description Chopawamsic Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.38305, 37.70005
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1865

Mining district

District name Gold-Pyrite Belt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 6.7M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

    CREDNER, H., 1869, REPORT OF EXPLORATIONS ON THE GOLD FIELDS OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA: AMER. JOUR. MNG., VOL. VII, P. 58.

  • Deposit

    1913 GEOLMAP VA. GEOL. SURV.: BULL. 7

  • Deposit

    1964 GEOLMAP VA. DIV. MIN. RES.: REPT. INV. 10.

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL SHAFT SUNK

  • Production

    TABER (1913).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1980 Meintzer (P.C. Sweet), Robert E. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources
Updater 01-OCT-1981 Trimble, David, C. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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