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Pat Keith Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080226
MRDS ID W031330
Record type Site
Current site name Pat Keith Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.34985, 36.81675 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position ABOUT 3.5 KM (2.2 MI) WEST OF LAWSONS STORE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russell(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Moll Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bristol(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clinch, Tennessee, Virginia(hydrologic unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Russell

Comments on the location information

  • EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN, NOT FIELD CHECKED. WOODWARD (1938) DESCRIBES AS BEING 4 MI NW OF MASONS STORE AT THE HEAD OF SINKING CREEK ON THE NORTHWEST SLOPE OF COPPER RIDGE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue

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 Copper Ridge Dolostone;Maryville Limestone
    Rock description Copper Ridge Dolostone;Maryville Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.34985, 36.81675
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend, Honaker Fault, Copper Ridge Syncline

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1918

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Pat Keith

Comments on the workings information

  • A SHALLOW SURFACE PIT WAS EVIDENT IN 1938.

Comments on development

  • THE DEPOSIT WAS PROSPECTED AROUND 1918 AND AGAIN IN 1930, BUT NO DEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE WAS EVER MADE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COOPER, B.N., 1945, INDUSTRIAL LIMESTONES AND DOLOMITES IN VIRGINIA: CLINCH VALLEY DISTRICT: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 66, 259 P.

  • Deposit

    WOODWARD, H.P., 1938, OUTLINE OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF RUSSELL COUNTY, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 49, 91 P.

  • Deposit

    1918 DIREXPL DEPOSIT PROSPECTED.

  • Deposit

    1930 DIREXPL DEPOSIT PROSPECTED.

  • Deposit

    1938 GEOLMAP VA. GEOL. SURV.: ISSUED BULL. 49.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Meintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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