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Osborne Prospect

Occurrence in Grayson county in Virginia, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082549
MRDS ID W055392
Record type Site
Current site name Osborne Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.52288, 36.60675 (WGS84)
Elevation 1073
Relative position 1.0 MILE S 80 W OF THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROAD 797 WITH U.S. HIGHWAY 58.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grayson(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Park(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 Grayson

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Rock unit name Mount Rogers
    Rock description Mount Rogers
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.52288, 36.60675
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Discoverer Petty Osborne

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1985, THERE WAS A SMALL TRENCH CUT INTO THE HILLSIDE AND AN OVERGROWN DUMP. TRENCH IS 30 X 12' AND 6' DEEP AND TRENDS N 20 E

Comments on development

  • MR. OSBORNE DUG A SMALL PROSPECT PIT FOR COPPER; VERY FINE GOLD WAS ALSO PRESENT. EARLY 1900'S, DOUGLAS LAND COMPANY DUG A HILLSIDE TRENCH, SEARCHING FOR GOLD AND COPPER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RANKIN, D.W. AND OTHERS, 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WEST HALF OF THE WINSTON SALEM QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA, VIRGINIA AND TENNESSEE, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-709-A.

  • Deposit

    SWEET, P.C. AND LOVETT, J.A., 1985, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, VIRGINIA MINERALS, VOL.31, NO.4, P.41-52.

  • Deposit

    GREER, ALEX, 1985, PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS

  • Deposit

    OSBORNE, CARL, 1985, PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: LATE 1800'S
Deposit VUGGY, IRON-OXIDE STAINED VEIN QUARTZ, 0.25 TO 2 INCHES THICK WAS FOUND ON THE DUMP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1986 Sweet, Palmer C. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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

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