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Gill's Mountain Prospect

Occurrence in Halifax county in Virginia, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096559
MRDS ID W031832
Record type Site
Current site name Gill's Mountain Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.74696, 36.56258 (WGS84)
Elevation 143
Relative position 5.4 KM (3.35 MI) SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF HITESBURG.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Halifax(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nelson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

South Boston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greensboro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Dan(hydrologic unit)

Roanoke(hydrologic accounting unit)

Chowan-Roanoke(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Halifax

Comments on the location information

  • 0.3 KM (0.2 MI) OFF THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF STATE ROAD 735 APPROXIMATELY 1.1 KM (0.7 MI) BY ROAD SOUTHWEST OF ITS INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROAD 606. ADDITIONAL SITE AT N 4048690, E 701610.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock
    Rock unit name Aaron Formation
    Rock description Aaron Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.74696, 36.56258
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend
Type of structure Local
Structure description Virgilina Synclinorium

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • AGE OF THE AARON FORMATION IS THOUGHT TO BE LATEST PRECAMBRIAN TO EARLIEST MIDDLE CAMBRIAN AGE. MINE OCCURS IN THE MIDDLE MEMBER OF THE AARON FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1917

Mining district

District name Virgilina District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1982, SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS AND A TRENCH WERE PRESENT ON BOTH SIDES OF MOUNTAIN BRANCH. PITS ARE ABOUT 4.6-6 M (15-20 FT) IN DIAMETER WITH A MAXIMUM DEPTH OF 1.5 M (5 FT). A RIM DUMP AS WELL AS BOULDER SIZE "BULL" QUARTZ IS PRESENT ALONG A NORTHEAST-SOUTHWEST STRIKE. NO METALLIC MINERALIZATION WAS SEEN AT THE SITE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LANEY, F.B., 1917, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE VIRGINIA DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA: VA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 14, 176 P.

  • Deposit

    LINDEN, M.A., 1981, MINERALOGICAL AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF GOLD OCCURRENCES IN THE VIRGILINA DISTRICT, HALIFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA: UNPUBLISHED M.S. THESIS, VIRGINIA TECH, 116 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1982 Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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