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Cedar Bluff Prospect

Occurrence in Tazewell 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080243
MRDS ID W031350
Record type Site
Current site name Cedar Bluff Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.74983, 37.0834 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position ABOUT 0.35 KM (0.2 MI) SOUTHEAST OF THE TOWN LIMITS OF CEDAR BLUFF

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tazewell(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pounding Mill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bluefield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bluefield(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 Tazewell

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATE, NOT FIELD CHECKED. ABOUT 400 M (1250 FT) EAST OF JUNCTION OF U.S. HWY. 460 AND U.S. HWY. BUSINESS 460 SE OF CEDAR BLUFF.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CURRIER (1935) DOES NOT DISCUSS THE ORE MINERALOGY.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite 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 > Limestone
    Rock unit name Nolichucky Formation (Lower Shale Member);Honaker Formation
    Rock description Nolichucky Formation (Lower Shale Member);Honaker Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.74983, 37.0834
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend, St. Clair Fault, Stone Mountain Fault, Pine Mountain-Richlands Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • CURRIER (1935) STATES OCCURRENCE IS LOCATED IN DENSE LIMESTONE AT BASE OF NOLICHUCKY FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CAMPBELL, M.R., 1897, TAZEWELL, VIRGINIA-WEST VIRGINIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF THE U.S., FOLIO 44.

  • 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

    1897 GEOLMAP M.R. CAMPBELL: U.S.G.S. GEOL. ATLAS NO. 44.

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL DEPOSIT REPORTEDLY PROSPECTED.

Reporter information

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

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