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Mccarter Prospect

Occurrence in Smyth county in Virginia, United States with commodities Zinc, Sulfur-Pyrite
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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 10080238
MRDS ID W031344
Record type Site
Current site name Mccarter Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.50538, 36.75647 (WGS84)
Elevation 747
Relative position 5.5 MILES S 7 DEG E FROM MARION, 4.8 MILES S 61 DEG E FROM ADWOLF (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

Marion(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wytheville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Holston(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

George Washington National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

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 Smyth

Comments on the location information

  • WATSON (1905) STATES THAT THIS PROSPECT IS ABOUT .75 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE LIVERSAY PROSPECT AND ABOUT .25 MILES SUTH OF THE SOUTH FORK OF HOLSTON RIVER. IT IS LOCATED 1300 FEET S 19 DEG W FROM THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROADS 670 AND 672 OF QUEBEC, 600 FEET N 24 DEG E FROM THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROADS 650 AND 670 SOUTHWEST OF QUEBEC, WEST OF BARTON BRANCH. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1988)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Sulfur-Pyrite Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GALENA DOES NOT OCCUR, PYRITE IS REPORTED ON THE DUMPS BUT IS VERY RARE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore
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 Shady Dolomite
    Rock description Shady Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.50538, 36.75647
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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 Quebec Thrust Fault, Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N70 DEG E
    Dip 60 DEG SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures, Limestone Breccia

Comments on the geologic information

  • LIMESTONE/DOLOMITE IN OUTCROP AND IN THE DUMPS ARE STRONGLY FRACTURED AND BRECCIATED, WITH MINOR CHERT, AND IRON STAINED CALCITE ALONG FRACTURES. NO SULFIDES OR FLUORITE WAS FOUND. WATSON (1905) DESCRIBES THE FLUORITE AS OCCURING IN MASSES LARGE ENOUGH TO SHOW GOOD CLEAVAGE AND IN VERY SMALL GRAINS ASSOCIATED WITH CALCITE OR DOLOMITE FILLINGOF THE BRECCIATED LIMESTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1906
Discoverer Virginia Lead And Zinc Company ?

Mining district

District name Rye Valley Lead/Zinc District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Virginia Lead And Zinc Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner R. S. Boatwright

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 12.22M
    Overall length 15.24M
    Overall width 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • WATSON DESCRIBES A SINGLE SHAFT 40 FEET DEEP AND SEVERAL SMALL OPENINGS IN 1905. FIELD EXAMINATION CONDUCTED 2/10/88. TWO OPEN CUTS INTO THE HILLSIDE WERE LOCATED. THE NORTHERN OPEN CUT (FILLED SHAFT?) IS ABOUT 30 FEET LONG, 20 FEET WIDE, AND 10 FEET HIGH AT HIGHWALL, DRIVEN EAST-WEST, WITH SMALL OUTSLOPE DUMP. ABOUT 150 FEET TO THE SOUTHWEST, A LESS DEFINED CUT ALONG THE HILLSIDE IS ABOUT 60 FEET LONG AND 20 FEET WIDE WITH SMALL OUTSLOPE DUMP.

Comments on development

  • PROSPECTING OCCURRED IN 1905 AND RESULTED IN SEVERAL PITS AND A 12.1 M (40 FT) SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    WATSON, T.L., 1905, LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1, 156 P.

  • Deposit

    1905 DIREXPL VIRGINIA LEAD AND ZINC COMPANY-PROSPECTED

  • Deposit

    1935 GEOLMAP VA. GEOL. SURV.: ISSUED BULL. 43.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION OCCURS AS REPLACEMENT AND OPEN SPACE FILLING BETWEEN BROKEN FRAGMENTS OF A LIMESTONE BRECCIA ALONG A FAULT WITH STRIKE N 70 DEG E AND DIPS 60 DEG SE. THE FAULT FORMS THE FOOTWALL OF THE BRECCIATED ZONE. THE LIMESTONE STRIKES N 70 DEG E AND DIPS 45 DEG SE (15 DEGREES LESS THAN INTERSECTING FAULT).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources
Updater 01-MAR-1988 Lovett, James A. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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