Moore Prospect #2

Occurrence in Grayson county in Virginia, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  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 10082553
MRDS ID W055396
Record type Site
Current site name Moore Prospect #2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.05342, 36.6373 (WGS84)
Elevation 744
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 5.5 MILES N 80 E FROM INDEPENDENCE, .6 MILES E OF THE NEW RIVER, Est Within 300 Ft Of Utm Coordinates Given, As Shown By Stose And Stose (1957)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grayson(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brierpatch Mountain(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

  • FIELD EXAMINATION CONDUCTED 2/6/86. NO WORKINGS FOUND AND NO HISTORY OF THIS PROSPECT KNOWN BY LOCAL RESIDENTS, THEREFORE, EXACT LOCATION NOT KNOWN. UTM COORDINATES ARE ESTIMATED FROM THE PROSPECT LOCATION SHOWN BY STOSE AND STOSE (1957) ON THEIR GEOLOGIC MAP, 800 FT N 17 E FROM MOORE PROSPECT #1 ON THE EASTERN FLANK OF A NE TO SW TRENDING RIDGE. APPROXIMATE LOCATION IS 600 FT E OF STATE ROAD 631, AND 100 FT S 3 E OF STATE ROADS 631 AND 635. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1986)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Cranberry Gneiss Of The Elk Plutonic Group (Rankin Et El, 1972)
    Rock description Cranberry Gneiss Of The Elk Plutonic Group (Rankin Et El, 1972)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.05342, 36.6373

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trending Fries Overthrust Fault To The N And Gossan Lead Overthrust Fault To The S (Stose And Stose, 1957)
Type of structure Local
Structure description Local Shear/Fracture Zone In Mylonite Gneiss (Stose And Stose, 1957)

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Thickness 0.3M
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Facture/Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • LOCAL GEOLOGY AND DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS FROM STOSE AND STOSE (1957), REGIONAL GEOLOGY FROM RANKIN, ESPENSHADE AND NEWMAN (1972).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1929

Mining district

District name Gossan Lead District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Dixon Lumber Co.
    First year 1986

Comments on the workings information

  • FIELD EXAMINATION CONDUCTED 2/6/86. NO WORKINGS WERE LOCATED IN THE FIELD. LOCAL RESIDENTS WERE NOT ABLE TO RECALL ANY HISTORY OR EXACT LOCATION OF ANY PROSPECTING E OF STATE ROAD 631. MUCH OF THE AREA HAS BEEN RECENTLY TIMBERED, REFORESTED AND BADLY OVERGROWN.

Comments on development

  • STOSE AND STOSE (1957) GIVE A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE MOORE PROSPECT #1 (LOCATED ON THE S SIDE OF A SMALL STREAM FLOWING W), BUT NOT OF A SECOND PROSPECT THEY SHOW ON THEIR GEOLOGIC MAP (LOCATED 800 FT N 17 E FROM MOORE PROSPECT #1).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 53, 85P.

  • Deposit

    STOSE, A.J. AND STOSE, G.W., 1957, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GOSSAN LEAD DISTRICT AND ADJACENT AREAS IN VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETING 72, 233P.

  • Deposit

    RANKIN, ESPENSHADE, NEWMAN, 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WEST HALF OF THE WINSTON SALEM QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA, VIRGINIA AND TENNESSEE, U.S.G.S. MISCELLANEOUS MAP I-709-A.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STOSE AND STOSE (1957) PLOTTED 2 PROSPECTS ALONG A BARITE TREND ON THE MOORE FARM. THEY GAVE A DESCRIPTION OF THE SOUTHERN PROSPECT (MOORE PROSPECT #1) LOCATED "ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF A SMALL STREAM FLOWING WEST THROUGH THE PROPERTY." THEY LOCATE A NORTHERN PROSPECT (MOORE PROSPECT #2) ON THIS SAME BARITE ZONE, BUT GIVE NO DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. BECAUSE 2 SEPARATE LOCATIONS WERE SHOWN BY STOSE AND STOSE, A DETAILED FIELD EXAMINATION OF THE AREA WAS CONDUCTED. NO PROSPECT OR INDICATION OF ANY WORKINGS WERE FOUND. NO HISTORY WAS KNOW BY LOCAL RESIDENTS ABOUT THIS PROSPECT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV; 5 PERS COMM
Deposit BASED ON THE DESCRIPTION GIVEN BY EDMUNDSON (1938) AND STOSE AND STOSE (1957) FOR THE MOORE PROSPECT (#1)?

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-87 Lovett, James A. (Sweet Palmer C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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