| Deposit ID | 10079807 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W030544 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Woodlawn Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -80.83174, 36.71925 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 735 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
| Relative position | 0.8 KM (0.5MI) WSW OF WOODLAWN., Acc Within 100 Meters, Acc Within 100 Meters |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Carroll(county)
Virginia(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Woodlawn(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Galax(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Winston-Salem(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper New(hydrologic unit)
Kanawha(hydrologic accounting unit)
Kanawha(hydrologic subregion)
Ohio(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Virginia | Carroll |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Sulfur-Pyrite | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | AU ASSAYED AT $.60/TON. |
|---|
| Model code | 273 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 36a |
| Deposit model name | Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
| Mark3 model number | 27 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist | ||||
| Rock unit name | Lynchburg Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Lynchburg Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -80.83174, 36.71925 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1861 |
| District name | Native Lead/Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W030544 |
SRC.REF: FONTAINE (1884, P.9)
FONTAINE, W.M., 1883-84, NOTES ON THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE FLOYD, VA., PLATEAU: THE VIRGINIAS, V.4, P.167, 178-180, 185-192; V.5, P.8-12.
STOSE, A.J., AND STOSE, G.W., 1957, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GOSSAN LEAD DISTRICT AND ADJACENT AREAS IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 72, 233 P.
SWEET, P.C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 19, 77 P.
1975 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES: INSPECTED SITE
DIREXPL PROSPECTED FOR CU WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: PRE-CIVIL WAR |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-80 | Meintzer (P.C. Sweet), Robert E. | Virginia Division of Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-DEC-87 | Sweet, Palmer C. | Virginia Division of Mineral Resources |
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