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Bennington Prospect

Occurrence in Smyth county in Virginia, United States with commodity Zinc
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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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080234
MRDS ID W031340
Record type Site
Current site name Bennington Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.29982, 36.81675 (WGS84)
Elevation 765
Relative position 12.4 MILES S 80 E FROM MARION, 1.2 MILE S 5 DEG W FROM CEDAR SPRINGS (DOT SMYTH COUNTY HIGHWAY MAP, 1981).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Smyth(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cedar Springs(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Smyth

Comments on the location information

  • CURRIER (1935) STATES THIS PROSPECT IS ON NEWLAND CREEK (NOW BLUE SPRING CREEK), WEST OF DAVIS PROPERTY. PROPERTY OWNERS ASSISTED WITH DIRECTIONS TO THE SMALL PROSPECT. IT IS 4,950 FEET S 38 DEG E FROM THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROADS 614 AND 675 SOUTHWEST OF CEDAR SPRINGS, 500 FEET N 59 DEG E FROM BENCH MARK BM N1 (2470') EAST OF STATE ROAD 675, ON THE SOUTH FLANK OF A NORTHEAST TRENDING RIDGE. AREA WAS EXTENSIVELY TRAVERSED, NORTH AND SOUTH OF BLUE SPRING CREEK. LUTHER VAUGHT (PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, 1988) STATED ADDITIONAL PROSPECTING WAS DONE SOUTH OF BLUE SPRING CREEK. NO ADDITIONAL WORKINGS OR INDICATIONS OF PROSPECTION WAS FOUND. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1988)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • IRON OXIDE STAINING ON BROWN WEATHERED SPHALERITE ALONG RIM OF SOME SMALL FRACTURES IN DOLOMITE FOUND ON DUMP.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore

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 Shady Dolomite
    Rock description Shady Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.29982, 36.81675
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trending Valley And Ridge
Type of structure Local
Structure description Thrust Faulting Of Folded Strata

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures In The Dolomite

Comments on the geologic information

  • DOLOMITE IS LIGHT TO MEDIUM GRAY, FINE GRAINED, MASSIVE TO IRREGULAR BEDDED, FRACTURED WITH THIN VEINS OF CALCITE AND WHIT DOLOMITE (?) WITH IRON OXIDE STAINING. STRIKE IS N 71 DEG E, DIP IS 56 DEG SE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1925

Mining district

District name Cedar Springs Lead/Zinc District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bennington

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 13.72M
    Overall width 4.57M

Comments on the workings information

  • NO DESCRIPTION OF THE WORKINGS FOUND IN THE LITERATURE. SMALL PROSPECT ON HILLSIDE IS ABOUT 30 FEET LONG, 10 FEET WIDE, AND 5 FEET DEEP, CUT IN A N 15 DEG W DIRECTION (PERPENDICULAR TO STRIKE) AND SMALL OUTSLOPE DUMP. NO OTHER WORKING FOUND NORTH OR SOUTH OF BLUE SPRING CREEK. FIELD EXAMINATION CONDUCTED 2/17/88.

Comments on development

  • NO DEVELOPMENT OF PROSPECT RECORDED IN LITERATURE, NO HISTORY KNOWN ABOUT BY LOCAL RESIDENTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    RANKIN, D.W., ESPENSHADE, G.H., AND NEUMAN, R.B., 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WEST HALF OF THE WINSTON-SALEM QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA, VIRGINIA, AND TENNESSEE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-709-A, 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    1934 GEOLMAP VA. GEOL. SURV.: ISSUED BULL. 43.

  • Deposit

    1972 GEOLMAP R.B. NEUMAN: MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-709-A.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MOST LIKELY, MINERALIZATION OCCURRED AS OPEN SPACE FILLING IN FRACTURED DOLOMITE/LIMESTONE. ROCK ON THE DUMP IS IRREGULAR, BEDDED, FRACTURED AND SLIGHTLY BRECCIATED.
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 Meintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources
Updater 01-MAR-1988 Lovett, James A. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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