| Deposit ID | 10082556 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W055399 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Porter Prospect #1 |
| Alternate or previous names | Old Orchard Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -81.11564, 36.75397 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 847 |
| Relative position | APPROXIMATELY 9.3 MILES N 13 E OF INDEPENDENCE, 5.7 MILES 2 10 W OF CRIPPLE CREEK |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Grayson(county)
Virginia(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Cripple Creek(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)
Federal lands
Jefferson National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
George Washington and Jefferson National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Virginia | Grayson |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Barium-Barite Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Cranberry Gneiss Of The Elk Park Plutonic Group | ||||||
| Rock description | Cranberry Gneiss Of The Elk Park Plutonic Group | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss |
| (1) | -81.11564, 36.75397 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Ne-Sw Trending Blue Ridge Complex, E-W Trending Stone Mountain Fault Family |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | E-W Trending Normal Fault (Stose And Stose, 1957). |
| General form | LENSE |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1957 |
| District name | Gossan Lead District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Porter |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Spurlock, P. D. |
| First year | 1986 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W055399 |
STOSE AND STOSE, 1957, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GOSSAN LEAD DISTRICT AND ADJACENT AREAS IN VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 72, 233P.
RANKIN, ESPENSHADE AND NEWMAN, 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WEST HALF OF THE WINSTON SALEM QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA, VIRGINIA AND TENNESSEE, U.S.G.S. MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-209-A.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | VERY LITTLE INFORMATION AVAILABLE. ABUNDANT SMALL PIECES (LESS THAN 3 INCHES THICK) OF BARITE FLOAT WERE FOUND IN THE PROSPECT AREA. |
| Deposit | NO WORKINGS WERE FOUND IN THE FIELD. APPARENTLY, THE PROSPECT WAS FILLED IN AND GRADED LEVEL WHEN TREES WERE PLANTED FOR AN ORCHARD. BOTH C. DYKE AND B. CALLAHAN IDENTIFIED THE SAME AREA AS THE LOCATION OF THE PROSPECT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV; 5 PERS COMM |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1987 | Lovett, James A. (Sweet Palmer C.) | Virginia Division of Mineral Resources |
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