Timber Ridge Prospect

Occurrence in Botetourt county in Virginia, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082527
MRDS ID W055370
Record type Site
Current site name Timber Ridge Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -79.8111, 37.55631 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no coordinates, so this was plotted to the middle of the state/county area.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Botetourt(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Salisbury(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Buena Vista(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roanoke(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper James(hydrologic unit)

James(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Botetourt

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1962)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) Conococheague Formation

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1915

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • NO EVIDENCE OF ANY WORKINGS IN THE AREA IN 1985.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TWYMAN, J.L., 1915, LETTER TO VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    SWEET, P.C. AND LOVETT, J.A., 1985, VIRGINIA MINERALS, VOL. 31, NO. 4, P.42-51.

  • Deposit

    BOTETOURT COUNTY DEED BOOKS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OCCURRENCE OF GOLD NOTED BY TWYMAN ON PROPERTY OF AUSTIN THOMPSON

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-87 Sweet, Palmer C. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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