Fulton Prospect

Occurrence in Grayson county in Virginia, United States with commodities Copper, Iron, Pig Iron
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. Ore body information
  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. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080017
MRDS ID W030897
Record type Site
Current site name Fulton Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.06425, 36.60064 (WGS84)
Elevation 2440
Relative position 1.2 KM (0.8 MI) NORTH OF PEACH BOTTOM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grayson(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sparta East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wytheville(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 Grayson

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATE, NOT FIELD CHECKED. THIS LOCATION PERTAINS TO A SULFIDE PROSPECT MAPPED BY STOSE AND STOSE (1957); IT IS POSSIBLY THE FULTON PROSPECT OR THE H. COX PROSPECT OR NEITHER. IT IS 200 M (650 FT) NW OF END OF FARM LANE, 0.6 KM (0.4 MI) NW OF JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 629, 0.8 KM (0.5 MI) NW OF JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 626. CURREY (1859) DESCRIBED PROSPECT AS BEING ON THE LITTLE RIVER AND 3 MI EAST OF OLD PINE HOPE FURNACE, ON PEACH BOTTOM CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Iron, Pig Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

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) -81.06425, 36.60064

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form POD/LENS

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 Gossan Lead District/Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mr. Fulton

Comments on the workings information

  • THE WORKINGS ARE NOT DESCRIBED.

Comments on development

  • DEPOSIT PROSPECTED DURING 1850'S.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    RANKIN, D.W., ESPENSHADE, G.H., AND NEUMANN, R.B., 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WEST HALF OF THE WINSTON-SALEM QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA, VIRGINIA, AND TENNESSEE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-709-A, 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    ROSS, C.S., 1935, ORIGIN OF THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE DUCKTOWN TYPE IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 179, 165 P.

  • 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

    1935 RECON C.S. ROSS: PROF. PAPER 179.

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL DEPOSIT PROSPECTED.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1972 GEOLMAP D.W. RANKIN: MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-709-A.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
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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