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Laswell Prospects

Occurrence in Wythe county in Virginia, United States with commodities Lead, 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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080256
MRDS ID W031364
Record type Site
Current site name Laswell Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.8998, 36.90007 (WGS84)
Relative position EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wythe(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Max Meadows(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

  • 0.4 KM (0.25 MI) EAST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 52, ABOUT 0.8 KM (0.5 MI) NORTH OF LASWELL, NEAR THE NORTH SIDE OF SOME IRON PITS. THE IRON PITS MAY BE THE SANDERS AND CEDAR RUN IRON PITS. R.S. GOOD COULD NOT LOCATE IN APRIL, 1988.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

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 > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Shady Dolomite
    Rock description Shady Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.8998, 36.90007
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend Faulting
Type of structure Local
Structure description Laswell Overthrust

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bertha District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • NO DEVELOPMENTAL WORK WAS DONE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GALENA OCCURS AS VEINLETS AND SPHALERITE IS DISSEMINATED IN PINNACLES OF THE PATTERSON LIMESTONE MEMBER OF THE SHADY DOLOMITE, JUST ABOVE THE LASWELL OVERTHRUST. ZINC HAS CONTAMINATED THE IRON ORE AT THIS PLACE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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