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Poole and Harris Prospect

Occurrence in Halifax 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079778
MRDS ID W030512
Record type Site
Current site name Poole and Harris Prospect
Alternate or previous names Pool Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.74474, 36.57701 (WGS84)
Elevation 120
Relative position 4.0 KM (2.5 MI) SW OF HITESBURG.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Halifax(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nelson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

South Boston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greensboro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Dan(hydrologic unit)

Roanoke(hydrologic accounting unit)

Chowan-Roanoke(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Halifax

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR CROSSING OF BIG MOUNTAIN BRANCH BY STATE ROAD 604, 0.5 KM (0.3 MI) BY ROAD SW OF JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 606.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Meta-Basalt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Aaron Formation (Middle Member)
    Rock description Aaron Formation (Middle Member)

Nearby scientific data

(1) Aaron Slate
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Virgilina Synclinorium, Ne-Sw Trend

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • AARON FORMATION IS EQUIVALENT TO EFLAND FORMATION IN N.C.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1914

Mining district

District name Virgilina District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMBER OF SHALLOW PITS AND CROSS-CUTS MADE ON QUARTZ VEIN. IN 1974, ONLY COVERED DUMP PILES NEAR STREAM EVIDENT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LANEY, F.B., 1917, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE VIRGILINA DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 14, 176 P.

  • Deposit

    SWEET, P.C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, 77 P.

  • Deposit

    1974 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES.: INSPECTED SITE.

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL PITS DUG AND GOLD WASHED.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: PRE-WWI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1979 Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1981 Trimble, David, C. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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