Troutville Prospect

Occurrence in Botetourt county in Virginia, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080204
MRDS ID W031305
Record type Site
Current site name Troutville Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.86644, 37.43339 (WGS84)
Relative position LOCATION ACCURATE TO 200 METERS; ABOUT 2.5 KM (1.5 MI) NNE OF TROUTVILLE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Botetourt(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Villamont(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Roanoke(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roanoke(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper James(hydrologic unit)

James(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Botetourt

Comments on the location information

  • WEST OF U.S. HIGHWAY II.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CURRIER (1935, P. 94) REPORTS AN OXIDIZED ZINC MINERAL

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Hemimorphite Ore
Dolomite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Zinc Minerals Oxidized.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 228
USGS model code 32b
Deposit model name Mississippi Valley, Appalachian Zn
Mark3 model number 42

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Elbrook Formation;Rome Formation
    Rock description Elbrook Formation;Rome Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.86644, 37.43339

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend, Pulaski Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • CURRIER (1935) STATES MINERALIZATION IS IN THE ELBROOK FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on development

  • NO DEVELOPMENTS OF THIS OCCURRENCE HAVE BEEN REPORTED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHEN, PING-FAN, 1960, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GOOSE CREEK AREA NEAR ROANOKE, VIRGINIA: UNPUBLISHED PH.D. THESIS, VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE.

  • Deposit

    BUTTS, CHARLES, 1933, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE APPALACHIAN VALLEY OF VIRGINIA WITH EXPLANATORY TEXT: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 42, 56 P.

  • Deposit

    CURRIER, L.W., 1935, ZINC AND LEAD REGION OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 43, 122 P.

  • Deposit

    MILICI, R.C., SPIKER, C.T., JR., AND WILSON, J.M., 1963, GEOLOGIC MAP OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:500,000.

  • Deposit

    HENIKA, W.S., 1981, GEOLOGY OF THE VILLAMONT AND MONTVALE QUADRANGLES, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 35, 18 P.

  • Deposit

    1932 GEOLMAP VA. GEOL. SURV.: ISSUED BULL. 42

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 Meintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources
Updater 01-DEC-1987 Sweet, Palmer C. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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