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County Line Branch Prospect

Past Producer in Albemarle county in Virginia, United States with commodity Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080665
MRDS ID W032000
Record type Site
Current site name County Line Branch Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.31861, 38.16699 (WGS84)
Elevation 146
Relative position 3.2 KM (2.0 MI) WEST OF BARBOURSVILLE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Albemarle(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Barboursville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Charlottesville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlottesville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rivanna(hydrologic unit)

James(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Albemarle

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 1.4 KM (0.9 MI) WEST ON STATE ROAD 641 FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROAD 20, TO A PRIVATE DRIVE, FOLLOW DRIVE TO ITS END AT AN ABANDONED HOUSE, PROSPECT IS ABOUT 140 M (459 FT) EAST-SOUTHEAST FROM HOUSE IN A DRAINAGE TO COUNTY LINE BRANCH. ABOUT 210 M (690 FT) SOUTHWEST OF THE COUNTY LINE AND 0.46 KM (0.28 MI) NORTH OF STATE ROAD 641.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Swift Run Formation
    Rock description Swift Run Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.31861, 38.16699
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1880
Year of first production 1880
Year of last production 1880

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE PIT WAS REPORTED IN 1962. NO WORKINGS WERE VISIBLE IN 1982.

Comments on development

  • LOCAL RESIDENTS REPORTED THAT SOME ORE WAS MINED AT A PIT OVER 80 YEARS A60 (NELSON, 1962).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NELSON, W.A., 1962, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 77, 92 P.

  • Deposit

    DIETRICH, R.V., 1970, MINERALS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE RESEARCH DIVISION BULLETIN 47, 325 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1982 Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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