Vaught, George, Prospect

Occurrence in Grayson county in Virginia, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Quartz
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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082557
MRDS ID W055400
Record type Site
Current site name Vaught, George, Prospect

Geographic coordinates

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

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)

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Grayson

Comments on the location information

  • N OF STATE ROAD 604, 3300 FT N 74 W OF THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROADS 604 AND 805 AT FALLVILLE, AND 1100 FT N 20 E OF THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROADS 604 AND 655. STOSE AND STOSE (1957) STATE THAT BARITE WAS FOUND ON THE FARM OF GEORGE VAUGHT, WHICH WAS E OF THE F.M. VAUGHT PROSPECT, AND W OF THE C. RHUDY PROSPECT. FIELD EXAMINATION CONDUCTED 8/14/86. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1986)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Quartz Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Quartz Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • 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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.11453, 36.74814

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE, PINCH AND SWELL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Local Shear Zone?/Gneissic Foliation?

Comments on the geologic information

  • REGIONAL GEOLOGY FROM RANKIN, ESPENSHADE AND NEWMAN, 1972, U.S.G.S. MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-709-A.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1957

Mining district

District name Gossan Lead District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Vaught, George
  • Type Owner
    Owner Wingate, Mary
    First year 1986

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 0.61M
    Overall length 3.05M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • FIELD EXAMINATION CONDUCTED 8/14/86. A SMALL EXPLORATION PIT, APPROXIMATELY 10 FT BY 10 FT AND 2 TO 3 FT DEEP WITH SMALL DUMP WAS LOCATED.

Comments on development

  • STOSE AND STOSE (1957) STATE THAT NUMEROUS BLOCKS OF BARITE WAS FOUND ON THIS (GEORGE VAUGHT) FARM, BUT GAVE NO ADDITIONAL DESCRIPTION. APPARENTLY, EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT WAS VERY LIMITED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    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.

General comments

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.

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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