Barndollar Prospect

Occurrence in Wythe county in Virginia, United States with commodities Zinc, Sulfur-Pyrite
Sections on this page
  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. 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 10080245
MRDS ID W031351
Record type Site
Current site name Barndollar Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.93592, 36.84535 (WGS84)
Elevation 597
Relative position 1.9 KM (1.2 MI) WSW OF AUSTINVILLE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wythe(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Austinville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Galax(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 Wythe

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATE, NOT FIELD CHECKED. ABOUT 0.3 KM (0.2 MI) NE OF END OF DIRT ROAD, ABOUT 1.1 KM (0.7 MI) FROM END OF STATE ROAD 639, ABOUT 1.8 KM (1.1 MI) NE OF JUNCTION WITH VA. HWY. 94 IN IVANHOE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Sulfur-Pyrite Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite 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 Shady Formation, Ribbon (Patterson) Member
    Rock description Shady Formation, Ribbon (Patterson) Member
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.93592, 36.84535

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend, Austinville Synclinal Basin, Gleaves Knob Overthrust
Type of structure Local
Structure description Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N60 DEG E
    Dip 45 DEG SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Austinville-Ivanhoe District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner New Jersey Zinc Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 69.8M
    Overall depth 49.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHAFTS SUNK (20.4 M, 49.4 M).

Comments on development

  • TWO PROSPECT SHAFTS WERE SUNK IN 1930.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    STOSE, A.J., AND STOSE, G.W., 1957, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GOSSAN LEAD DISTRICT AND ADJACENT AREAS IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 72, 233 P.

  • Deposit

    1930 DIREXPL TWO SHAFTS SUNK.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1939 GEOLMAP VA. GEOL. SURV.: ISSUED BULL. 72.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE IS NO REPORT OF DIMENSIONS OF MINERALIZED ZONE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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