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Mcgrady, J.J., Prospect

Occurrence in Carroll county in Virginia, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10079991
MRDS ID W030864
Record type Site
Current site name Mcgrady, J.J., Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.58313, 36.7834 (WGS84)
Relative position EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN; 11 KM (7 MI) EAST OF HILLSVILLE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carroll(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dugspur(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Carroll

Comments on the location information

  • ACCORDING TO FONTAINE (1884), THE PROSPECT IS 11 KM (7 MI) EAST OF HILLSVILLE AND 8 KM (5 MI) SOUTH OF THE CARROLL PIKE (U.S. HWY. 221 (?)) ON BURKS FORK NEAR BUFFALO KNOB.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Hornblende Gangue
Mica Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Metamorphosed

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Hornblende Gneiss
    Rock description Hornblende Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Hornblende Gneiss;Lynchburg Formation
    Rock description Hornblende Gneiss;Lynchburg Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.58313, 36.7834
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Width 0.46M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Dike (?)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900

Mining district

District name Southern Section - Blue Ridge Province.

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. J. Mcgrady

Comments on the workings information

  • LITTLE WORK WAS PERFORMED ON THIS PROSPECT.

Comments on development

  • LITTLE DEVELOPMENT WAS EFFECTED IN LATTER HALF OF 19TH CENTURY. ; ECON.COM: FONTAINE (1884) REPORTED NO WORKABLE AMOUNTS OF COPPER EVIDENT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FONTAINE, W.M., 1883-84, NOTES ON THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF FLOYD, VA., PLATEAU: THE VIRGINIAS, V. 4, P. 167, 178-180, 185-192; V. 5, P. 8-12.

  • Deposit

    ESPENSHADE, G.H., RANKIN, D.W., SHAW, K.W., AND NEUMAN, R.B., 1975, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE EAST HALF OF WINSTON-SALEM QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA-VIRGINIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-709-B, 1 SHEET, SCALE 1: 250,000.

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL INITIAL PROSPECTIN

  • Production

    FONTAINE (1884, P. 11).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISSEMINATED CHALCOPYRITE IN HORNBLENDE GNEISS. CUPRIFEROUS "VEIN" IS 18 INCHES WIDE.
Deposit THIS MAY BE PART OF "NATIVE LEAD." ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1980 Meintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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