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Riggles Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080261
MRDS ID W031369
Record type Site
Current site name Riggles Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.15092, 36.88174 (WGS84)
Elevation 750
Relative position 3.5 KM (2.2 MI) EAST SOUTHEAST OF CROCKETT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wythe(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crockett(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wytheville(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

  • 0.8 KM (0.5 MI) SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUNTAIN VIEW SCHOOL. 1.61 KM (1 MI) SOUTH ON U.S. ROUTE 21 FROM ITS INTER-SECTION WITH STATE ROAD 652, TURN RIGHT ON DIRT ROAD TO END OF ROAD, APPROXIMATELY 0.2 KM (0.1 MI) OFF OF 21. NOT FIELD CHECKED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Quartz 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) -81.15092, 36.88174
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend
Type of structure Local
Structure description Sand Mountain Overthrust, Sand Mountain Anticline, Anticline To North Of Prospect

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 Sand Mountain Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Riggles

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 DEPOSIT OCCURS IN A BRECCIA OF SHADY DOLOMITE, NEAR THE CONTACT BETWEEN THE SHADY AND ROME FORMATIONS, RELATED TO THE SAND MOUNTAIN OVERTHRUST.

Reporter information

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

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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