Dickey, G.S., Prospect

Occurrence in Cumberland county in Virginia, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Sulfur-Pyrite, Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079817
MRDS ID W030555
Record type Site
Current site name Dickey, G.S., Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.14416, 37.69561 (WGS84)
Elevation 82
Relative position ABOUT 4.5 KM (2.8 MI) NW OF LAKESIDE VILLAGE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cumberland(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lakeside Village(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillwyn(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roanoke(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle James-Willis(hydrologic unit)

James(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Cumberland

Comments on the location information

  • 0.6 KM (0.4 MI) OFF NW SIDE OF STATE ROAD 605 ABOUT 0.5 KM (0.3 MI) BY ROAD NW OF ITS CROSSING OF THE WILLIS RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Lead Secondary
Sulfur-Pyrite Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

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 Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Columbia Granodiorite
    Rock description Columbia Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Tectonite > Mylonite
    Rock unit name Hatcher Complex
    Rock description Hatcher Complex

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.14416, 37.69561

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Columbia Syncline (To Nw) , Ne-Sw Trend
Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE MINERALS APPEAR TO BE OF LATER DEPOSITION THAN MOST OF THE QUARTZ (TABER, 1913).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold-Pyrite Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner E. A. And Everett A. Carnes, Jr.

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1974, HILLSIDE CUT EVIDENT. SEVERAL PITS HAD BEEN DUG DURING PROSPECTING.

Comments on development

  • SEVERAL PITS WERE SUNK IN PROSPECTING FOR GOLD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    TABER, S., 1913, GEOLOGY OF THE GOLD BELT IN THE JAMES RIVER BASIN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 7, 271 P.

  • Deposit

    1974 RECON VA. DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES: SITE INSPECTED.

  • Deposit

    ? DIREXPL ? - PROSPECTED SITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1979 Beaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources
Updater 01-DEC-1987 Sweet, Palmer C. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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