1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Ivy Creek Prospect

Occurrence in Albemarle county in Virginia, United States with commodity Gold
Map
XML
JSON
KML
B
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080097
MRDS ID W031170
Record type Site
Current site name Ivy Creek Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.69501, 37.80588 (WGS84)
Elevation 171
Relative position 1.6 KM (1 MI) NORTH OF SCHUYLER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Albemarle(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Schuyler(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 Albemarle
United States Virginia Nelson

Comments on the location information

  • 1.2 KM (0.75 MI) SOUTH ON STATE ROAD 800 FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROAD 602; TURN NORTHWEST ON COUNTY ROAD 808 TO END OF ROAD, ABOUT 0.4 MI (0.64 KM); FOLLOW DIRT ROAD FROM THE END OF 808 UP TO THE CREST OF A RIDGE, ABOUT 0.25 MI (0.4 KM), PROSPECT IS TO THE WEST OF THE ROAD, TRENDING ALONG THE CREST OF THE RIDGE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.69501, 37.80588
ListMap

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faulting ?

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins ?

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO BEDROCK WAS SEEN IN THE PROSPECT AREA, ONLY QUARTZ FLOAT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1915

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Vance Wilkens

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION IS UNCERTAIN, BUT WAS PROBABLY SMALL IF IT OCCURRED AT ALL.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF PITS, TRENCHES, AND ONE SHAFT. PITS VARIED IN SIZE UP TO 6.1 M (20 FT) SQUARE AND DEEP. TRENCHES VARIED IN LENGTH UP TO ABOUT 91 M (300 FT), ABOUT 6.1 M (20 FT) DEEP, AND 6.1 M (20 FT) WIDE. ONE SHAFT WAS SEEN, NOW PARTIALLY FILLED WITH WATER AND DEBRIS, BUT IT WAS AT LEAST 25 FT (7.6 M) DEEP AND 4.6 M (15 FT) SQUARE.

Comments on development

  • AT LEAST 20 PITS, TRENCHES, AND SHAFT (S) WERE DUG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ECONOMIC GEOLOGY FILE-VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES.

  • Deposit

    BEASELY, CALDWELL, 1981, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION.

  • Deposit

    SWEET, P.C., AND TRIMBLE, D., 1982, GOLD OCCURRENCES IN VIRGINIA, AN UPDATE: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, VIRGINIA MINERALS, VOL. 28, NO. 4, P. 33-41.

  • Deposit

    1980 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES. - INSPECTED SITE

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL ? - DUG PITS, TRENCHES, SHAFT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ABUNDANT QUARTZ FLOAT PRESENT, NO MINERALIZATION SEEN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1980 Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources
Updater 01-DEC-1987 Sweet, Palmer C. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Maps centered on this site