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Morong Prospect

Occurrence in Halifax 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080029
MRDS ID W030912
Record type Site
Current site name Morong Prospect
Alternate or previous names Mother Lode Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.76252, 36.59868 (WGS84)
Elevation 142
Relative position 1.0 KM (0.6 MI) NW OF RED BANK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Halifax(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Virgilina(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

South Boston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greensboro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Dan(hydrologic unit)

Roanoke(hydrologic accounting unit)

Chowan-Roanoke(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Halifax

Comments on the location information

  • 0.4 KM (0.25 MI) OFF NORTH SIDE OF STATE ROAD 602, 0.8 KM (0.5 MI) BY ROAD WEST OF JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 734.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BORNITE OR CHALCOCITE MINERALIZATION NOT OBSERVED BY LANEY (1917) OR SWEET (1976).

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Meta-Basalt
    Rock unit name Aaron Formation
    Rock description Aaron Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Aaron Formation
    Rock description Aaron Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.76252, 36.59868
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Virgilina Synclinorium
Type of structure Local
Structure description Schistosity Strikes N 3-5 Deg E And Dips 65-90 Deg Se.

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N-S
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • PROSPECT LOCATED IN LOWER MEMBER OF AARON FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1917

Mining district

District name Virgilina District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner J. G. Morong

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 9M
    Overall depth 46M

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1976, SHAFT WAS CAVED TO DEPTH OF 4 M. A 9 M LONG TUNNEL IS LOCATED 91 M NW OF SHAFT; THE TUNNEL IS 2.4 M HIGH. TWO SMALL DUMPS PRESENT.

Comments on development

  • LANEY (1917) CONSIDERS THIS PROSPECT TO BE "OF VERY DOUBTFUL VALUE."

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KREISA, R.D., 1980, GEOLOGY OF OMEGA, SOUTH BOSTON, CLUSTER SPRINGS,AND VIRGILINA QUADRANGLES, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 5, 22 P.

  • Deposit

    LANEY, F.B., 1917, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE VIRGILINA DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 14, 176 P.

  • Deposit

    SWEET, P.C., 1976, ABANDONED COPPER MINES AND PROSPECTS IN THE VIRGILINA DISTRICT, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA MINERALS, V. 22, NO. 3, P. 25-34.

  • Deposit

    1976 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES.: INSPECTED SITE.

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL J.G. MORONG: SHAFT AND TUNNEL DRIVEN.

  • Production

    LANEY (1917)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1979 Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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