| Deposit ID | 10080131 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W031214 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Vest Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | C.W. Vest Mine, Hemlock Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -80.23339, 37.06618 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 671 |
| Relative position | 2.5 MI (4.0 KM) NW OF SIMPSONS. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Floyd(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Virginia | Floyd |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Nickel Critical | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Cobalt Critical | Secondary |
| Arsenic Critical | Secondary |
| Sulfur-Pyrite | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Pentlandite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist | ||||
| Rock unit name | Virginia Blue Ridge Complex | ||||
| Rock description | Virginia Blue Ridge Complex | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -80.23339, 37.06618 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Blue Ridge Anticlinorium |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Fries Fault |
| General form | IRREGULAR, POD/LENS |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1924 |
| District name | Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Vest, C. W. |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 27M |
| Overall depth | 4.6M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W031214 |
SWEET, P.C. AND BELL, S.C., 1980, METALLIC MINERALIZATION IN THE BLUE RIDGE PROVINCE OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, IN PREPARATION.
DIETRICH, R.V., 1959, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF FLOYD COUNTY OF THE BLUE RIDGE UPLAND, SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION SERIES, BULLETIN 134, 160 P.
GROSH, W.A., 1949, INVESTIGATION OF VEST NICKEL PROSPECT, FLOYD COUNTY, VA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 4491, 4 P.
GROSH, W.A., 1949,INVESTIGATION OF VEST NICKEL PROSPECT, FLOYD COUNTY, VIRGINIA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 4491, 4 P.
1936 DIREXPL C.H. THOMPSON, HOLLINS, VA, PUT DOWN 4 CHURN-DRILL HOLES
1944 DIREXPL USBM, COMPLETED REPORT
1972 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES, LOCATED MINE
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SULFIDES APPEAR IN BUNCHES UP TO SEVERAL CUBIC FEET IN VOL. IN A ZONE 4-5 FT WIDE. DRILLING INDICATED THAT THE POCKETS OF SULFIDES ARE SPARSELY SCATTERED WITH LITTLE OR NO CONTINUITY. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1979 | Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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