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North River Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067225
MRDS ID VA00006
Record type Site
Current site name North River Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.57112, 37.56478 (WGS84)
Elevation 122
Relative position 1.3 MILES NORTHWEST OF BUCKINGHAM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Buckingham(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buckingham(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillwyn(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roanoke(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle James-Buffalo(hydrologic unit)

James(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Buckingham

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CHALCOPYRITE PRESENT IN OXIDIZED PYRITE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Silver Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAY BY BARRINGER RESOURCES, WHEATRIDGE, CO (9-27-83) AG .05 OZ/T

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 > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.57112, 37.56478
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw Trending Dikes And Veins In Area

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold Pyrite Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 6.1M
    Overall depth 3.05M
    Overall width 3.66M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ERN, ERNEST H. 1968, GEOLOGY OF THE BUCKINGHAM QUADRANGLE, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 15, 45 P.

  • Deposit

    W.F. GIANNINI, 1983, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION

  • Deposit

    SWEET, PALMER C., MANUSCRIPT, PRECIOUS METAL MINES, PROSPECTS AND OCCURRENCES IN VIRGINIA-AN UPDATE.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN IS MILKY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1987 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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