| Deposit ID | 10082557 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W055400 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Vaught, George, Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -81.11453, 36.74814 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 866 |
| Relative position | APPROXIMATELY 9.75 MILES N 15 E FROM INDEPENDENCE, .6 MILES N 75 W FROM FALLVILLE |
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)
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 | Tertiary |
| Quartz | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Ore |
| Quartz | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Cranberry Gneiss Of Elk Park Plutonic Group | ||||||||
| Rock description | Cranberry Gneiss Of Elk Park Plutonic Group | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss |
| Rock unit name | Residual Clays |
| Rock description | Residual Clays |
| (1) | -81.11453, 36.74814 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Ne-Sw Trending Blue Ridge Complex, E-W Trending Stone Mountain Fault Familt |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Ne-Sw Trending Traverse Fault |
| General form | LENSE, PINCH AND SWELL |
|---|
| 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 | Vaught, George |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Wingate, Mary |
| First year | 1986 |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 0.61M |
| Overall length | 3.05M |
| Overall width | 3.05M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W055400 |
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-709-A.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | LITTLE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE FOR THIS PROSPECT. LOCATION DETERMINED FROM DESCRIPTION GIVEN BY STOSE AND STOSE (1957) RELATIVE TO THE F.A. VAUGHT AND RHUDY PROSPECTS. LOCAL RESIDENTS WERE INTERVIEWED, BUT NO ON KNEW OF ANY HISTORY OR EXACT LOCATION OF THIS PROSPECT. A SMALL, OVERGROWN PROSPECT PIT WAS LOCATED. NO BARITE WAS FOUND ON THE DUMP OR FLOAT IN THE AREA. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV; 5 PERS COMM |
| Deposit | THE WIDTH OF THE VEIN WAS NOT DETERMINED. ABUNDANT QUARTZ FLOAT FOUND IN THE AREA. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1987 | Lovett, James A. (Sweet Palmer C.) | Virginia Division of Mineral Resources |
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