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Tices Mill Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080123
MRDS ID W031205
Record type Site
Current site name Tices Mill Prospect
Alternate or previous names Piedmont Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.22061, 37.10007 (WGS84)
Elevation 506
Relative position PRIMARILY 0.2 KM (0.1 MI) SW OF PIEDMONT TO 0.6 KM (0.4 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

  • GOSSAN LOCATED 120 M (400 FT) SSE OF EASTERN END OF STATE ROAD 637 BRIDGE OVER GOOSE CREEK AT PIEDMONT AND EXTENDS SW FOR 0.2 KM (0.1 MI) FROM GOOSE CREEK. OTHER LOCALITY AT UTM N 4106290., E 569910. NOT FIELD CHECKED.

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • MINOR GOLD CONTENT REPORT (DIETRICH, 1959, P. 131).

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Dolomite 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) -80.22061, 37.10007
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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 Poor Mountain Anticline

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone, Dolostone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1952

Mining district

District name Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 1.5M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS, A 1.5 M (5 FT) SHAFT AND A SHORT ADIT.

Comments on development

  • OCCURRENCE HAS BEEN PROSPECTED IN THE PAST BY MEANS OF AN ADIT A SHAFT, EXPLORATORY PITS, AND AN "ILLADVISED" DRILL HOLE (DIETRICH, 1959). ; ECON.COM: DIETRICH (1959) FEELS THIS DEPOSIT WARRANTS FURTHER EXPLORATION.

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 P.

  • Deposit

    DIETRICH, R.V., 1959, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF FLOYD COUNTY OF THE BLUE RIDGE UPLAND, SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA: BULLETIN OF THE VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION SERIES NO. 134, V. 52, NO. 12, 160 P.

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL SHAFT AND ADIT DRIVEN, NO MINING

Reporter information

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

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