Stone Prospect

Occurrence in Carroll county in Virginia, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc, Lead, Iron, Pig Iron, Iron, Sulfur-Pyrite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079993
MRDS ID W030866
Record type Site
Current site name Stone Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.76647, 36.80007 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 2.5 KM (1.5 MI) SE OF EARLY.

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Carroll

Comments on the location information

  • EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN; NEAR THE DALTON HILL MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Iron, Pig Iron Secondary
Iron Secondary
Sulfur-Pyrite Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Goethite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Muscovite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Regional Metamorphism

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 91
USGS model code 24b
Deposit model name Massive sulfide, Besshi (Japanese deposits)
Mark3 model number 30

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Lynchburg Formation
    Rock description Lynchburg Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.76647, 36.80007

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form POD/LENS
    Depth to top 6.7M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1861

Mining district

District name Dalton Hill Area/Gossan Lead District/Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province.

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Tennessee And Virginia Mining Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Virginia Iron, Coal And Coke Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 6.7M

Comments on the workings information

  • CURREY (1859) REPORTS THAT ONE PROSPECT SHAFT WAS SUNK.

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY PROSPECTED BY TENN. & VA. MINING CO. DURING THE PERIOD 1855-1859.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CURRY, 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.

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, R.J., AND RAMAN, R.D., 1948, THE GOSSAN LEAD, CARROLL COUNTY, VIRGINIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT, 21 P.

  • Deposit

    1855 DIREXPL TENN. & VA. MINING CO.: SANK SHAFT.

  • Deposit

    1939 GEOLMAP VA. GEOL. SURV.: BULL. 72.

  • Deposit

    1948 RECON R.J. WRIGHT & N.D. RAMAN: OPEN-FILE REPORT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPTH IS TO TOP OF CHALCOPYRITE ZONE.
Deposit SEE DALTON HILL MINE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit Discovery Year: PRE-CIVIL WAR

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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