| Deposit ID | 10079978 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W030851 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Davis Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -80.76897, 36.79396 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 780 |
| Location accuracy | 500(meters) |
| Relative position | APPROXIMATELY 2.5 KM (1.5 MILES) SE OF EARLY NEAR DALTON HILL CHURCH, Est +/- 1500 Ft |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Carroll(county)
Virginia(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Sylvatus(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 |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Iron, Pig Iron | Secondary |
| Iron | Secondary |
| Sulfur-Pyrite | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Goethite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Pyrrhotite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Muscovite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 91 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 24b |
| Deposit model name | Massive sulfide, Besshi (Japanese deposits) |
| Mark3 model number | 30 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist | ||||
| Rock unit name | Lynchburg Group, Ashe Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Lynchburg Group, Ashe Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -80.76897, 36.79396 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Fries Overthrust |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | 3 Phases Of Deformation Produced F1-F3; Ages Of Deformation Correlative With Paleogoic Orogenies |
| General form | POD/LENSE |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1861 |
| District name | Dalton Hill Area/Gossan Lead District/Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province. |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Tennessee And Virginia Mining Co. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Virginia Iron, Coal And Coke Co. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W030851 |
CURREY, R.O., 1859, A GEOLOGICAL VISIT TO THE VIRGINIA COPPER REGION: KNOXVILLE, TENN., BECKETT, HAWS AND CO.; REPRINTED IN PART UNDER COPPER AND IRON REGION OF THE FLOYD-CARROLL-GRAYSON PLATEAU OF THE BLUE RIDGE IN VIRGINIA, ETC.: THE VIRGINIAS, 1880, V. 1, P. 62-64, 69-71, 74-77, 80-81, 95.
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.
CONLEY, J.F., 1985, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA PIEDMONT: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 59, 33P.
1855 OTHER TENN. & VA. MINING CO.: OBTAINED PROPERTY.
1939 GEOLMAP VA. GEOL. SURV.: BULL. 72.
1948 RECON R.J. WRIGHT & N.D. RAMAN: OPEN-FILE REPORT.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: PRE-CIVIL WAR |
| Deposit | SEE DESCRIPTION OF DALTON HILL MINE. CURREY (1859) REPORTED NO DEVELOPMENT AT THIS SITE AND IT IS LIKELY THERE WAS NEVER ANY DEVELOPMENT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-87 | Meintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P.C) | Virginia Division of Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-MAR-87 | Myers, Lesley L. | Virginia Division of Mineral Resources |
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