Little River Prospect

Occurrence in Montgomery county in Virginia, United States with commodities Sulfur-Pyrite, Copper, Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089766
MRDS ID W031204
Record type Site
Current site name Little River Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.53173, 36.99368 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position 1.5 KM (0.9 MI) WNW OF COPPER VALLEY.

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Montgomery

Comments on the location information

  • IN ROADCUT NW OF STATE ROAD 787, 0.9 KM (0.55 MI) SW OF JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 600.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur-Pyrite Primary
Copper Secondary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 197
USGS model code 30b
Deposit model name Sediment-hosted Cu
Mark3 model number 63

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.53173, 36.99368

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • Thickness 4.6M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Pilot Mountain-Fishers View Thrust Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • GOSSAN OCCURS BETWEEN HAMPTON AND ROME STRATA IN THE PILOT MTN. THRUST ZONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1952
Discoverer R.V. Dietrich

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • GOSSAN OBSERVED DURING MAPPING OF AREA. NO ADDITIONAL EXPLORATORY WORK ACCOMPLISHED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    1953 GEOLMAP VA. ENG. EXP. STA: SERIES NO. 91.

  • Deposit

    1971 GEOLMAP D.W. RANKIN: MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-709-B

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AS NO DRILLING OR GEOPHYSICAL WORK WAS CONDUCTED THE SIZE OF THE BODY IS UNKNOWN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1980 Meintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.