C W Vest Prospect

Prospect in Floyd county in Virginia, United States with commodities Cobalt, Copper, Nickel
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Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10130629
MAS/MILS ID 0510630002
Record type Site
Current site name C W Vest Prospect
Alternate or previous names Lick Fork Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -80.23948, 37.07257 (WGS84)
Elevation 671

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Floyd(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Check(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Radford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bluefield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Roanoke(hydrologic unit)

Roanoke(hydrologic accounting unit)

Chowan-Roanoke(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Floyd

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Layered Biotite Granulite and Gneiss

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 26HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 26
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1920

Mining district

District name Lick Fork

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner C. W Vest
    Interest 100
    Home office Virginia
    Year 1976
  • Type Operator
    Owner C. H Thompson
    Home office Virginia
    Year 1976

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REC 800-809 ARE 1976 ENTRIES REC 010 ANALYSES (701 PG 3) 3.2% NICKEL, .28% COBALT, .24% C IN SHAFT. 1.33% NI, .07% CO, .12% CU AT DUMP. ORE CHIEFLY PY REC 011 GENERAL LOCATION INDICATES THIS IS LICK FORK DEPOSIT PG 375 REC 020 OWNER AS OF 1949 OF PILOT, VA (701 PG 2) REC 021 OF HOLLINS,VA. HELD OPTION WHICH LAPSED (701 PG 2) REC 030 FROM 701 FIGS 1 AND 2 REC 040 ELECTRICITY PROBABLY AT WILLIS STORE, 1.4 KM SE. 64 OWNED BY VEST (700 PG 1)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-1983 Schmidt U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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