Jordan Creek Prospect

Occurrence in Henry county in Virginia, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080140
MRDS ID W031227
Record type Site
Current site name Jordan Creek Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.93506, 36.68814 (WGS84)
Elevation 311
Relative position 1.6 KM (1.0 MI) SSE OF FIELDALE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Henry(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Martinsville West(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

  • 325 M (1100 FT) ENE OF STATE ROAD 684, 1.0 KM (0.6 MI) SOUTH OF JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 609; ADDITIONAL PROSPECT LOCATED 80 M TO SE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Sillimanite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Pegmatite
    Rock description Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • 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) -79.93506, 36.68814

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend, Smith River Allocthon
Type of structure Local
Structure description Foliation Of Rock In Vicinity Varies From Ne-Sw To Nw-Se.

Comments on the geologic information

  • PEGMATITE CROPS OUT ABOUT 100 M TO SOUTH

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1850

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PAST PRODUCTION IS DOUBTFUL.

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT CONSISTS OF AN OPEN CUT AND SEVERAL COLLAPSED SHAFTS.

Comments on development

  • NITZE (1892) REPORTED IRON PROSPECTS. IT IS PROBABLE THAT NO EXTENSIVE DEVELOPMENT OR MINING WAS PERFORMED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CONLEY, J.F. AND TOEWE, E.C., 1968, GEOLOGY OF THE MARTINSVILLE WEST QUADRANGLE, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 16, 44 P.

  • Deposit

    NITZE, H.B.C., 1892, NOTES ON SOME OF THE MAGNETITES OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AND OF THE CONTIGUOUS TERRITORY OF NORTH CAROLINA: AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING ENGINEERS TRANSACTIONS, V. 20, P. 174-188.

  • Deposit

    1968 GEOLMAP VA. DIV. MIN. RES.: MAPPED QUADRANGLE.

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL DROVE SEVERAL SHAFTS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO NAME PREVIOUSLY APPLIED TO PROSPECT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit Discovery Year: 1800'S

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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