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Hopewell Prospect

Occurrence in Pittsylvania 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080552
MRDS ID W031834
Record type Site
Current site name Hopewell Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.47198, 36.75285 (WGS84)
Elevation 229
Relative position 1.8 KM (1.1 MI) SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF HOPEWELL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pittsylvania(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chatham(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Danville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greensboro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Banister(hydrologic unit)

Roanoke(hydrologic accounting unit)

Chowan-Roanoke(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Pittsylvania

Comments on the location information

  • JUST SOUTH OF A CREEK OFF THE EAST SIDE OF STATE ROAD 839, 0.8 KM (0.5 MI) BY ROAD SOUTH OF ITS INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROAD 718.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Fork Mountain Formation;Stream Alluvium
    Rock description Fork Mountain Formation;Stream Alluvium
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.47198, 36.75285
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend
Type of structure Local
Structure description Syncline

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein, Alluvium

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • 5 PITS (MAXIMUM 7.6 M (25 FT) WIDE AND 3 M (10 FT) DEEP) AND AN OPEN TRENCH 18 M (60 FT) LONG AND 4.6 M (15 FT) WIDE AND LEAF COVERED DUMPS WITH MICA SCHIST AND VEIN QUARTZ WHICH CONTAIN MINERALIZATION WERE EVIDENT IN 1982.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HENIKA, W. S., 1977, GEOLOGY OF THE BLAIRS, MOUNT HERMON, DANVILLE, AND RINGGOLD QUADRANGLES, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 2, 45 P

Reporter information

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

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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