| Deposit ID | 10089766 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W031204 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Little River Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -80.53173, 36.99368 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 610 |
| Relative position | 1.5 KM (0.9 MI) WNW OF COPPER VALLEY. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Montgomery(county)
Virginia(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Indian Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Galax(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Virginia | Montgomery |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Sulfur-Pyrite | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Iron | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Goethite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Model code | 197 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 30b |
| Deposit model name | Sediment-hosted Cu |
| Mark3 model number | 63 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone |
| (1) | -80.53173, 36.99368 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Ne-Sw Trend, Pilot Mountain-Fishers View Thrust Fault (Holston Mountain Fault), Fries Fault |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Pilot Mountain Anticline |
| Thickness | 4.6M |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1952 |
| Discoverer | R.V. Dietrich |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W031204 |
DIETRICH, R.V., 1954, GEOLOGY OF THE PILOT MOUNTAIN AREA, VIRGINIA: BULLETIN OF THE VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION SERIES NO. 91, V. 47, NO. 4, 32 P.
ESPENSHADE, G.H., RANKIN, D.W., SHAW, K.W., AND NEUMAN, R.B., 1975, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE EAST HALF OF THE WINSTON-SALEM QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA-VIRGINIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-709-B, 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:250,000.
1953 GEOLMAP VA. ENG. EXP. STA: SERIES NO. 91.
1971 GEOLMAP D.W. RANKIN: MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-709-B
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | AS NO DRILLING OR GEOPHYSICAL WORK WAS CONDUCTED THE SIZE OF THE BODY IS UNKNOWN. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1980 | Meintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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