| Deposit ID | 10096550 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W030889 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Hogan Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -80.32007, 36.8859 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2350 |
| Relative position | 1.7 MI (2.7 KM) S OF FLOYD. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Floyd(county)
Virginia(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Floyd(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 |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Iron | Primary |
| Sulfur-Pyrite | Primary |
| Iron, Pig Iron | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Pyrrhotite | Ore |
| 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 > Mica Schist | ||||
| Rock unit name | Lynchburg Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Lynchburg Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -80.32007, 36.8859 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Blue Ridge Anticlinorium |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Hogan, A. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W030889 |
SWEET, P.C. AND BELL, S.C., 1980, METALLIC MINERALIZATION IN THE BLUE RIDGE PROVINCE OF VIRGINIA, IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO VIRGINIA GEOLOGY - IV: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 27, P. 39-52.
LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966, BASE-AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED ORE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 7, 167 P.
1883 DIREXPL
1978 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. EXPL., PROSPECT LOCATED
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MAGNETITE BODY 60 CM THICK BELIEVED TO HAVE PINCHED OUT AT A DEPTH OF 5 M. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1979 | Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) | Virginia Division of Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-DEC-1987 | Sweet, Palmer C. | Virginia Division of Mineral Resources |
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