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Rhudy Prospect

Occurrence in Grayson county in Virginia, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
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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. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080168
MRDS ID W031260
Record type Site
Current site name Rhudy Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.10925, 36.74925 (WGS84)
Elevation 835
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 9 MILES N15E FROM INDEPENDENCE, 1.2 MILE N50W FROM FALLVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grayson(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brierpatch Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wytheville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper New(hydrologic unit)

Kanawha(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kanawha(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Jefferson National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

George Washington and Jefferson National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Grayson

Comments on the location information

  • FIELD EXAMINATION CONDUCTED 8/14/86. EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN. NO WORKINGS OR FLOAT MATERIAL FOUND IN THE FIELD. LOCATION CALCULATED FROM THAT SHOWN BY STOSE & STOSE (1957). APPROXIMATELY 2000 FT N51W FROM THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROADS 604 AND 805 AT FALLVILLE, WEST OF STATE ROAD 805. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1986)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Cranberry Gneiss Of Elk Park Plutonic Group
    Rock description Cranberry Gneiss Of Elk Park Plutonic Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Residual Clay;Cranberry Gneiss
    Rock description Residual Clay;Cranberry Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.10925, 36.74925
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium
Type of structure Local
Structure description E-W Trending Stone Mountain Fault Family Lies To The North

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 0.3M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGY BASID ON MAP BY RANKIN, ESPENSHADE, AND NEWMAN, 1972, USGS MISC. GEOL. INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-709-A.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1938

Mining district

District name Gossan Lead District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Rhudy, Ina
    First year 1986

Comments on the workings information

  • TYPE OF WORKINGS UNKNOWN, PROBABLY SHALLOW TEST PITS. FIELD INVESTIGATION CONDUCTED 8/14/86. NO WORKINGS OR BARITE FLOAT WERE FOUND. MUCH OF THE HILLSIDE HAS BEEN REFORESTED WITH PINE TREES. THE PROSPECT MAY HAVE BEEN FILLED IN AND PLANTED OVER.

Comments on development

  • VERY LITTLE DEVELOPMENT IS REPORTED FOR THIS PROSPECT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 53, 85P.

  • Deposit

    STOSE AND STOSE, 1957, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GOSSAN LEAD DISTRICT AND ADJACENT AREAS IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 72, 233P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EDMUNDSON (1938) STATES THAT BARITE FLOAT UP TO 12 INCHES THICK WAS FOUND ON THE PROPERTY.
Deposit LITTLE INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON THIS PROSPECT. NO WORKINGS OR BARITE FLOAT WAS FOUND DURING FIELD EXAMINATION. LOCAL RESIDENTS WERE INTERVIEWED. NO ONE KNEW ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE HISTORY OR LOCATION OF THIS PROSPECT. LOCATION IS NOT EXACT, BUT BASED ON THIS PROSPECT'S LOCATION SHOWN BY STOSE & STOSE (1957). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV; 5 PERS COMM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-87 Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources
Updater 01-FEB-87 Lovett, James A. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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