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Powhatan Williams Prospect

Occurrence in Floyd county in Virginia, United States with commodities Sulfur-Pyrite, Copper, Lead
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080011
MRDS ID W030890
Record type Site
Current site name Powhatan Williams Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.27479, 36.92118 (WGS84)
Elevation 710
Relative position 4.2 KM (2.6 MI) ENE OF FLOYD.

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Floyd

Comments on the location information

  • OFF S SIDE OF STATE ROAD 860, APPROXIMATELY 1.4 KM (0.9 MI) BY ROAD SE OF ITS INTERSECTION WITH U.S. HIGHWAY 221.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur-Pyrite Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Mica Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Lynchburg Formation
    Rock description Lynchburg Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.27479, 36.92118
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Blue Ridge Anticlinorium

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN REPORTED AS CELLULAR QUARTZ WITH LIMONITE IN PORE SPACES, OCCURRING IN MICA SCHIST. QUARTZ FRAGMENTS CONTAINING MINOR PYRITE AND STAINS OF LIMONITE AND MALACHITE WERE REPORTED IN 1972

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1830

Mining district

District name Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 8.23M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEEP CUT; SITE REPORTED GRASSED OVER IN 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SWEET, P.C. AND BELL, S.C., 1980 METALLIC MINERALIZATION IN THE BLUE RIDGE PROVINCE OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, IN PREPARATION.

  • Deposit

    FONTAINE, W.M., 1883, NOTES ON THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE FLOYD, VIRGINIA, PLATEAU: THE VIRGINIAS, V. 4, P. 167, 178-180, 185-192; V. 5, P. 8-12.

  • Deposit

    1830 DIREXPL EXCAVATED DEEP OPEN CUT.

  • Deposit

    1978 RECON VA. DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES: SITE INSPECTED.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REPORTED TO BE A TRUE FISSURE VEIN. VEIN DIPS 80 DEG ENE.
Deposit HOUSE WAS BUILT ON THE HILLSIDE AND CUT WHICH WAS FILLED IN AND GRADED OVER IN 1972. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1979 Beaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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