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Hilton Prospect

Occurrence in Floyd county in Virginia, United States with commodities Copper, Sulfur-Pyrite
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080010
MRDS ID W030888
Record type Site
Current site name Hilton Prospect
Alternate or previous names Hylton Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.42368, 36.85785 (WGS84)
Elevation 829
Relative position 3.2 MI (5.1 KM) E OF WILLIS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Floyd(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Willis(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 Floyd

Comments on the location information

  • SUPPOSED SITE COVERED BY BARN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Sulfur-Pyrite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SUPERGENE COPPER

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Lepidocrocite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.42368, 36.85785
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Blue Ridge Anticlinorium

Comments on the geologic information

  • IN 1978 SEVERAL OUTCROPS OF VEIN QUARTZ OCCUR ON THE HILL NEAR THE BARN. NO MINERALIZATION WAS OBSERVED ON THE SITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Southern Lead/Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province.

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • LUTTRELL (1966) STATES 3 SHAFTS AND SEVERAL TRENCHES WERE SUNK. IN 1978 SUPPOSED SITE OF OLD SHAFT, ABOUT 8 M DEEP, HAD BEEN FILLED IN WITH TREE STUMPS AND COVERED BY A BARN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SWEET, P.C. AND BELL, S.C., 1980, METALLIC MINERALIZATION IN THE BLUE RIDGE PROVINCE OF VIRGINIA, IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO VIRGINIA GEOLOGY - IV: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 27, P. 39-52.

  • Deposit

    LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966, BASE-AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED ORE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 7, 167 P.

  • Deposit

    1978 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES., SUPPOSED SITE LOCATE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources
Updater 01-DEC-1987 Sweet, Palmer C. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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