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Camp Kiwanianna Prospect

Occurrence in Montgomery county in Virginia, United States with commodities Zinc, Copper, Arsenic, Gold, 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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080122
MRDS ID W031203
Record type Site
Current site name Camp Kiwanianna Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.20145, 37.11674 (WGS84)
Elevation 506
Relative position 2.35 KM (1.45 MI) NE OF PIEDMONT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montgomery(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Check(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Radford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bluefield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Roanoke(hydrologic unit)

Roanoke(hydrologic accounting unit)

Chowan-Roanoke(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Montgomery

Comments on the location information

  • 200 M (600 FT) EAST OF STATE ROAD 637 ON NORTH SIDE OF BOTTOM CREEK, 2.1 KM (1.3 MI) NE OF JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 607 IN PIEDMONT. SECOND MINERALIZED ZONE IS 400 M (1300 FT) NE AT UTM N 4108130., E 571210.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Arsenic Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary
Sulfur-Pyrite Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • DIETRICH (1954) STATES THAT THE DEPOSIT HAS SIMILAR MINERALOGY TO THE TICES MILL PROSPECT, THE SECOND ZONE OF MINERALIZATION IS PREDOMINANTLY PYRITIC.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 228
USGS model code 32b
Deposit model name Mississippi Valley, Appalachian Zn
Mark3 model number 42

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Shady Formation
    Rock description Shady Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.20145, 37.11674
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend, Fries Fault, Poor Mountain Thrust
Type of structure Local
Structure description Drag Syncline

Ore body information

  • Plunge SOUTH

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS WERE DESCRIBED

Comments on development

  • THIS DEPOSIT HAS PROBABLY NOT BEEN THOROUGHLY PROSPECTED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DIETRICH, R.V., 1954, GEOLOGY OF THE PILOT MOUNTAIN AREA, VIRGINIA: BULLETIN OF THE VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION SERIES NO. 91, V. 47, NO. 4, 32

  • Deposit

    1953 GEOLMAP VA. ENG. EXP. STA: ISSUED SER. NO. 91

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 Meintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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