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Chestnut Knob Prospect

Occurrence in Henry county in Virginia, United States with commodities Iron, Thorium, Zirconium, Titanium, Metal, REE
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080139
MRDS ID W031225
Record type Site
Current site name Chestnut Knob Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.90755, 36.61814 (WGS84)
Elevation 329
Relative position 0.2 KM (0.1 MI) SE OF VILLAGE OF CHESTNUT KNOB.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Henry(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Price(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Danville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greensboro(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Henry

Comments on the location information

  • 175 M (600 FT) SE OF STATE ROAD 687 AT MT. ZION CHURCH, 0.1 KM (0.05 MI) EAST OF JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 781 IN CHESTNUT KNOB. OUTCROP ALSO VISIBLE ALONG STATE ROAD 687 ABOUT 0.2 KM (0.1 MI) NE OF MT. ZION CHURCH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Thorium Secondary
Zirconium Critical Secondary
Titanium, Metal Critical Secondary
REE Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Monazite Ore
Zircon Ore
Corundum Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Kyanite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result THIN SECTION ANALYSIS: 60% MAGNETITE, 2% MONAZITE TRACE ZIRCON (CONLEY AND HENIKA, 1973). MERTIE (1955) ANALYZED ORE AS 69% MAGNETITE, 15% ILMENITE, 9% MONAZITE, AND 3% ZIRCON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Rock unit name Fork Mountain Formation
    Rock description Fork Mountain Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.90755, 36.61814
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend, Smith River Allochton

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.6M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MERTIE (1955) INTERPRETED DEPOSIT AS REPRESENTING A FOSSIL PLACER.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1954

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Southern Minerals, Inc.

Comments on development

  • AREA PROSPECTED BY SOUTHERN MINERALS, INC. IN 1954, BUT NEVER DEVELOPED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CONLEY, J.F. AND HENIKA, W.S., 1973, GEOLOGY OF THE SNOW CREEK, MARTINSVILLE EAST, PRICE, AND SPRAY QUADRANGLES, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 33, 71 P.

  • Deposit

    MERTIE, J.B., JR., 1955, ANCIENT MONAZITE PLACER (ABS.): GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY AMERICA BULLETIN, V. 66 PT. 2, P. 1692-1693

  • Deposit

    1954 DIREXPL SOUTHERN MINERALS, INC.: PROSPECTED AREA.

  • Deposit

    1954 RECON J.B. MERTIE, JR.: PAPER PRESENTED G.S.A. (SOUTHEASTERN SECTION)

  • Deposit

    1969 GEOLMAP VA. DIV. MIN. RES.: MAPPED QUADRANGLE.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BODY IS INTERLAYERED WITH MICA SCHIST AND METAQUARTZITE.
Deposit NO NAME PREVIOUSLY APPLIED TO THIS PROSPECT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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