1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Reds Creek Prospect

Occurrence in Henry county in Virginia, United States with commodity Iron
Map
XML
JSON
KML
B
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 10080141
MRDS ID W031228
Record type Site
Current site name Reds Creek Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.82894, 36.61591 (WGS84)
Elevation 244
Relative position 4.8 KM (3.0 MI) NNE OF RIDGEWAY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Henry(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Northwest Eden(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

  • 25M (75 FT) SOUTH OF STATE ROAD 642, 1.1 KM (0.7 MI) NW OF JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 640.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Kyanite Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Staurolite Gangue

Analytical data

Result SLAB SECTION CONSISTED OF 40% MAGNETITE
Result THIN SECTION OF MATRIX CONTAINED 5% DISSEMINATED MAGNETITE (CONLEY AND HENIKA, 1973).

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels
    Rock unit name Fork Mountain Formation
    Rock description Fork Mountain Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.82894, 36.61591
ListMap

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend, Smith River Allocthon, Ridgeway Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT TRENCH OBSERVED IN 1969.

Comments on development

  • NO REPORT OF THIS PROSPECT LOCATED OTHER THAN CONLEY AND HENIKA (1973) REPORT.

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, V. 33, 71 P

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL PROSPECT TRENCH DUG.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO NAME PREVIOUSLY APPLIED TO THIS PROSPECT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Maps centered on this site