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Langhorne and Wills Prospects

Occurrence in Montgomery county in Virginia, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067235
MRDS ID VA01715
Record type Site
Current site name Langhorne and Wills Prospects
Alternate or previous names Bonys Run Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.24089, 37.15563 (WGS84)
Elevation 533
Relative position 1.1 MILE SSE OF SHAWSVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montgomery(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elliston(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 Montgomery

Comments on the location information

  • 0.25 MI EAST ON PRIVATE ROAD FROM ROUTE 609 TO PADLOCKED CABLE GATE, THEN ABOUT 620 FEET NW UP TRAIL TO TWO 10-15 FOOT DEEP CUTS IN BEDROCK. OTHER WORKINGS INCLUDE SMALL ADIT ALONG PRIVATE ROAD 0.15 MI EAST OF ROUTE 609. PRIVATE ROAD LEADING TO WORKINGS IS 0.5 MILE NORTH OF INTERSECTION WITH 634 AND 0.4 MILE NORTH OF BONYS RUN CHURCH. ADDITIONAL WORKINGS ABOUT MILE AND HALF TO SE (SEE GENERAL COMMENTS).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Hemimorphite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Dolomite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation Of Zinc Sulfide

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 228
USGS model code 32b
Deposit model name Mississippi Valley, Appalachian Zn
Mark3 model number 42

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Rome
    Rock description Rome
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.24089, 37.15563
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Pulaski Thrust Fault, Poor Mountain Thrust, Christiansburg Fenster

Ore body information

  • General form DISSEMINATED
    Strike N 35 E
    Dip 75 SE
  • General form DISSEMINATED
    Dip 75 SE

Comments on the geologic information

  • ROME SHALE 0.1 MILE WEST OF ADIT IS N-S AND 55 E SHALES ARE PURPLISH RED, BLACK AND GRAY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1900

Mining district

District name Roanoke River

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Madison Myre, Elliston, Virginia

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO OPEN CUTS IN BEDROCK 15-20 FEET LONG AT END OF STEEP TRAIL ABOUT 620 FEET NW FROM PRIVATE ROAD. CUTS APPEAR FRESH AND TRAIL IS RECENT. OTHER WORKING IS AN ADIT ALONG PRIVATE ROAD ABOUT 15 FEET INTO SOUTH SIDE OF RAVINE. ADIT FLOOR CONTAINS 1-2 FEET OF WATER AND ADIT WALLS HAVE BEEN CONVERTED TO DRIPSTONE AND TUFA COVERED WITH MOSS. ROCK AT ENTRANCE IS N 25 W 70 SW.

Comments on development

  • THE LANGHORNE PROPERTY WAS PROSPECTED BY OPEN PITS AROUND 1880 AND ADDITIONAL PROSPECTING CONDUCTED ON ADJOINING WILLS PROPERTY ABOUT 1905. RECENT PROSPECTING APPARENTLY WAS DONE IN 1960'S OR 1970'S OR THE OLD PROSPECTS WERE RE-EXAMINED BY AN UNKNOWN COMPANY, POSSIBLE NEW JERSEY ZINC.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WATSON, T.L. ,1905, LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF VIRGINIA, BULLETIN 1, 233P.

  • Deposit

    LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966, BASE-AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED ORE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 7, P.74.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCATTERED, RARE, DISSEMINATED DARK RED AND YELLOW SPHALERITE IRREGULAR MASSES UP TO 5 CM AND 1-3 MM DISSEMINATIONS OF FRESH GALENA IN GRAY DOLOMITE. WHITE AND GREY SHALE EXPOSED AT END OF ONE CUT. DOLOMITE IS FRACTURED AND CONTORTED IN CONTACT WITH SHALE.
Deposit WATSON (1905, P. 74) MENTIONS PROSPECTS ON SW PART OF POOR MOUNTAIN AT ELEVATIONS OF 2000-2500 FEET 2.5 MILES SE OF SHAWSVILLE OR ABOUT 1.5 MILES FARTHER TO SE. THESE PROSPECTS SHOWED ONLY TRACES OF MINERALIZATION. THIN STRINGERS OF GALENA IN SHALEY BANDS OF LIMESTONE (ROME FORMATION) AND WERE LARGELY INACCESSIBLE AT TIME OF WATSON`S VISIT. THIS AREA OF WORKINGS NOT FIELD CHECKED. WATSON NOTED AVERAGE ATTITUDE (OF ROME FORMATION) AS N 30 3 / 65-75 SE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-88 AS Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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