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Martin Prospect

Occurrence in Smyth 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080240
MRDS ID W031346
Record type Site
Current site name Martin Prospect
Alternate or previous names Cullop Property Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.55816, 36.76675 (WGS84)
Elevation 719
Relative position 5.2 MILES S 25 DEG W FROM MARION, 2.1 MILES S 34 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

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) REPORTS THE PROSPECT IS LOCATED N 80 DEG W OF THE MCCARTER PROPERTY AT THE TOP AND SLOPE OF A LIMESTONE KNOLL, ABOUT 500 FEET NORTH OF THE SOUTH FORK OF HOLSTON RIVER. CURRIER (1935) STATES THE PROSPECT IS 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ADWOLF. KING DYE (PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, 1988) KNEW OF A LEAD PROSPECT DUG BEFORE 1918 400 FEET WEST OF STATE ROAD 709. AREA WAS EXTENSIVELY TRAVERSED, NO OTHER WORKINGS LOCATED NOR KNOWN ABUT BY LOCAL RESIDENTS. THE PROSPECT IS 3150 FEET N 30 DEG W FROM THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROADS 650 AND 720 WEST OF ZION HILL CHURCH, 1500 FEET S 76 DEG E FROM THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROADS 650 AND 663 EAST OF THOMAS BRIDGE, NORTH OF THE SOUTH FORK OF HOLSTON RIVER, ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF A LIMESTONE KNOLL TRENDING N 35 DEG E, PARALLEL TO STATE ROAD 709. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1988)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • WATSON (1905) STATES THE MASSIVE CRYSTALLINE TYPE OF SPHALERITE IS DARKER IN COLOR THAN OTHERS FOUND IN RYE VALLEY.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Dolomite Gangue
Limestone 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) -81.55816, 36.76675
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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 Anticline, Thrust Fault

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures In The Dolomite

Comments on the geologic information

  • DOLOMITE IS VERY LIGHT TO MEDIUM GRAY, FINE GRAINED, CRYSTALLINE, FRACTURED, WITH MINOR CALCITE AND IRON STAINING ALONG FRACTURES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1905
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 Rick Bailey

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 12.19M
    Overall width 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • WATSON (1905) MENTIONS 6 TO 8 OPENININGS WERE DUG ON THE PROPERTY. ONLY 1 OPEN CUT WAS LOCATED DURING FIELD EXAMINATION CONDUCTED 2/9/88. CUT IS ABOUT 25 FEET LONG, 3 TO 10 FEET WIDE, AND 2 TO 9 FEET DEEP, DRIVEN PARALLEL TO STRIKE AT N 50 DEG E, WITH SMALL OUTSLOPE DUMP. PROSPECT AND DUMP ARE HEAVILY WEATHERED AND GROWN OVER.

Comments on development

  • VIRGINIA LEAD AND ZINC CO. DUG 6 TO 8 PITS WHILE PROSPECTING IN 1905. LITTLE ORE WAS FOUND AND FURTHER DEVELOPMENT WAS STOPPED.

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 CO.-PROSPECTE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MOST LIKELY MINERALIZATION OCCURS AS OPEN SPACE FILLING IN FRACTURED AND CRUSHED DOLOMITE.

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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