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Bergen Kemp Prospect

Occurrence in Carroll county in Virginia, United States with commodities Manganese, Copper, Nickel, Cobalt
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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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080129
MRDS ID W031212
Record type Site
Current site name Bergen Kemp Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.52257, 36.77924 (WGS84)
Elevation 899
Relative position 9.0 KM (5.6 MI) SE OF DUGSPUR.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carroll(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dugspur(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Galax(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winston-Salem(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper New(hydrologic unit)

Kanawha(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kanawha(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Carroll

Comments on the location information

  • ON E SIDE OF STATE ROAD 626 ABOUT 0.6 KM (0.4 MI) BY ROAD WNW OF ITS INTERSECTION / WITH STATE ROAD 628.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Nickel Critical Secondary
Cobalt Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MINERALS NOT SPECIFIED: MN OXIDE AND MINOR OXIDES OF CO, NI AND CU

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAY PERFORMED BY COLORADO ASSAYING COMPANY, DRAWER 298, DENVER, CO, INDICATED 15-20% MN
Result 0.5-1.0% CU, 0.5% NI, 0.5-10% ZN AND .5-1.0% CO.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Lynchburg Formation;Little River Gneiss
    Rock description Lynchburg Formation;Little River Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.52257, 36.77924
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Blue Ridge Anticlinorium

Ore body information

  • Width 5M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • In Quartz Vein

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SWEET, P.C., AND BELL, S.C.; 1980, METALLIC MINERALIZATION IN THE BLUE RIDGE PROVINCE OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 27, P. 39-52

  • Deposit

    1978 RECON VA. DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES; SITE INSPECTE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN ENCLOSED BY GNEISS; WIDTH RANGES 3-5 M; STRIKE RANGES N 30-40 DEG E.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1979 Beaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1987 Sweet, Palmer C. U.S. Geological Survey

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