Ward, F., Prospect

Occurrence in Grayson county in Virginia, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Mica

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Geologic structures
Ore body information
Controls for ore emplacement
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Land status
Ownership information
Workings at the site
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10082552
MRDS ID	W055395
Record type	Site
Current site name	Ward, F., Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-81.25454, 36.57369 (WGS84)
Elevation	774
Relative position	5.4 MILES S 65 W OF INDEPENDENCE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grayson(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mouth of Wilson(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

4.7 MILES S 77 E FROM MOUTH OF WILSON, 1.1 MILES S OF THE NEW RIVER. 1100 FT E OF THE CHARLES COX FARM PROSPECT, 500 FT S OF STATE ROAD 708, AND 150 N OF THE VIRGINIA - NORTH CAROLINA STATE LINE, ON EASTERN FLANK OF SMALL HILL. LOCATED IN FIELD 12/85. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1986)

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Barium-Barite Critical	Primary
Mica	Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

BARITE ORE FOUND ON THE SMALL DUMP WAS IRON STAINED AND BANDED WITH THIN LAYERS OF MICA SCHIST.

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Barite	Ore

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated

Associated

Rock type

Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist

Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Eoarchean
Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Eoarchean
Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Eoarchean

Host or associated Associated

Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Rock unit name Cranberry Gneiss

Rock description Cranberry Gneiss
Host or associated Host

Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
Host or associated Host

Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Host or associated	Associated
Rock type	Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
Rock unit name	Cranberry Gneiss
Rock description	Cranberry Gneiss

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-81.25454, 36.57369	ListMap

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure	Regional
Structure description	Fries Thrust Fault Trending N80e Lies Approx. 1 Mile To South

Ore body information

General form PINCH & SWELL, LENSE

Thickness 0.3M

General form	PINCH & SWELL, LENSE
Thickness	0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

Foliation Planes

Comments on the geologic information

BARITE MINERALIZATION IS IN THE CRANBERRY GNEISS OF THE ELK PARK PLUTONIC GROUP

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Non-metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No
Discovery year	1937
Discoverer	Fielden Ward

Mining district

District name	Gossan Lead District

Land status

Ownership category	Private

Ownership information

Type Owner

Owner Helms, Curtis L.

First year 1986

Type	Owner
Owner	Helms, Curtis L.
First year	1986

Workings at the site

Type of workings Surface

Area 0.004HA

Overall depth 1.52M

Overall length 15.24M

Overall width 3.05M

Type of workings	Surface
Area	0.004HA
Overall depth	1.52M
Overall length	15.24M
Overall width	3.05M

Comments on the workings information

SMALL, OVERGROWN SURFACE PROSPECT

Comments on development

NO RECORD OF PROSPECT IS IN THE LITERATURE. OSCO WARD (PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, 1985) STATED HIS FATHER FIELDEN WARD, HAD PROSPECTED FOR BARITE THERE IN THE LATE 1930'S AND EARLY 1940'S. THE PROSPECT TRENCH IS APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET LONG, 10 FEET WIDE, AND 3 FEET DEEP, TRENDING N 80E. MINOR DUMP MATERIAL OF BEDDED BARITE WITH THIN MICA SCHIST.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W055395

Bibliographic references

Deposit

RANKIN, ESPENSHADE, AND NEWMAN, 1972, GEOLOGY 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

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	Discovery Year: LATE 1930'S
Deposit	ALL SAMPLES OF BARITE WITH BANDS OF MICA SCHIST WERE LESS THAN 12 INCHES THICK
Deposit	NO PREVIOUS LISTING IN THE LITERATURE HAS BEEN FOUND FOR THIS PROSPECT. INITIAL IDENTIFICATION AND LOCATION OF THE PROSPECT WERE FROM PERSONAL COMMUNICATION WITH OSCO WARD. ON THE GENERAL STRIKE TREND OF THE CHARLES COX FARM PROSPECT AND PHIPPS PROPERTY PROSPECT IN NORTH CAROLINA. ; INFO.SRC : 5 PERS COMM; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-FEB-1987	Lovett, James A. (Sweet Palmer C.)	Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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