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Dolan Property Prospect

Occurrence in Nelson 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080037
MRDS ID W030921
Record type Site
Current site name Dolan Property Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.68834, 37.70506 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.3 MILES NE OF WARMINSTER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nelson(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Howardsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillwyn(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roanoke(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle James-Buffalo(hydrologic unit)

James(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Nelson

Comments on the location information

  • ESPENSHADE (1954, P. 145) DESCRIBES OCCURRENCE AS BEING ON THE DOLAN PROPERTY IN TRIASSIC ROCKS SOUTHWEST OF THE ROCKFISH RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1930 - ASSAYS SHOWED 1.29 OZ AU/TON AND 3.67 OZ AG/TON
Result 1985 - ASSAY OF 0.12 OZ AG/TON BY IRON KING ASSAY, HUMBOLDT, AZ.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.68834, 37.70506
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend, Scottsville Basin, Triassic Border Faults

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • ESPENSHADE (1954) DOES NOT REPORT THE TYPE OF HOST ROCK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Scottsville Basin

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Dolan

Comments on development

  • IT IS IMPROBABLE THAT THIS OCCURRENCE HAS BEEN FULLY PROSPECTED. THE PROPERTY WAS PREVIOUSLY PROSPECTED IN THE 1920'S BY A CHICAGO CO. IN 1929, ANACONDA LOOKED AT THE PROPERTY AND, IN 1930, C.O. TERWILLIGER OPENED A 400 FOOT TRENCH. SOLID COUNTRY ROCK (GREENSTONE) RANT 3.872% CU. DUMP ROCK WAS CRUSHED IN THE LATE 1930'S FOR ROAD MATERIAL BY THE HWY. DEPT. ; ECON.COM: IT IS DOUBTFUL IF THIS OCCURRENCE IS OF ANY ECONOMIC MERIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ERN, E.H., 1968, GEOLOGY OF THE BUCKINGHAM QUADRANGLE, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 15, 45 P.

  • Deposit

    ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE JAMES RIVER-ROANOKE RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT, VIRGINIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1008, 155 P.

  • Deposit

    1942 GEOLMAP G.H. ESPENSHADE: ISSUED BULL. 1008.

  • Deposit

    1965 GEOLMAP VA. DIV. MIN. RES: ISSUED REPT. INV. 15.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 Meintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources
Updater 01-DEC-1987 Sweet, Palmer C. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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