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Rocky Knob Prospect

Occurrence in Floyd county in Virginia, United States with commodities Iron, Iron, Pig Iron
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080135
MRDS ID W031221
Record type Site
Current site name Rocky Knob Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.34285, 36.81979 (WGS84)
Elevation 1070
Relative position 3.0 KM (1.9 MI) SW OF TUGGLE GAP.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Floyd(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Woolwine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Galax(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Dan(hydrologic unit)

Roanoke(hydrologic accounting unit)

Chowan-Roanoke(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Blue Ridge Parkway(Parkway)

Parkway NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Floyd

Comments on the location information

  • ON W SIDE OF ROCKY KNOB: E OF THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Iron, Pig Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PYRRHOTITE (?) AND LIMONITE REPORTED 1883, NOT SEEN IN 1978

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Mica Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 91
USGS model code 24b
Deposit model name Massive sulfide, Besshi (Japanese deposits)
Mark3 model number 30

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Lynchburg Formation
    Rock description Lynchburg Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.34285, 36.81979
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Blue Ridge Anticlinorium

Comments on the geologic information

  • LIMONITE GOSSAN REPORTED IN 1880'S BIOTITE-MICA SCHIST WITH INTRUSIONS OF QUARTZ

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 National Park

Comments on the workings information

  • A FEW SOIL DUMPS WERE REPORTED IN 1978 OFF W SIDE OF ROCKY KNOB.

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, IN PREPORATION.

  • Deposit

    FONTAINE, W.M., 1883, NOTES ON THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE FLOYD, VIRGINIA, PLATEAU: THE VIRGINIAS, V. 4, P. 167, 178-180, 185-192; V. 5, P. 8-12.

  • Deposit

    1978 RECON VA. DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES; PROSPECT AREA SEARCHE

Reporter information

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

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