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Douglas Land Company Property Prospect

Occurrence in Grayson county in Virginia, United States with commodity Copper
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093815
MRDS ID W030896
Record type Site
Current site name Douglas Land Company Property Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.63316, 36.60008 (WGS84)
Relative position UNKNOWN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grayson(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grayson(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Grayson

Comments on the location information

  • EXACT LOCATION UNDETERMINED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Meta-Basalt
    Rock unit name Mt. Rogers Volcanic Group
    Rock description Mt. Rogers Volcanic Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Mt Rogers Volcanic Group
    Rock description Mt Rogers Volcanic Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.63316, 36.60008
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Blue Ridge Anticlinorium

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGY ONLY BRIEFLY DESCRIBED IN WATSON (1907). LOCALITY REPORTEDLY NOT FAR FROM CONTACT WITH RHYOLITE PORPHYRY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1905

Mining district

District name Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Douglas Land Co.

Comments on development

  • IN 1978, NONE OF THE RESIDENTS, WHO LIVED IN THE AREA AT THE TIME, COULD RECALL ANY SUCH PROSPECT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SWEET, P.C. AND BELL, S.C., 1980, METALLIC MINERALIZATION IN THE BLUE RIDGE PROVINCE OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES,IN PREPARATION.

  • Deposit

    WATSON, T.L., 1907, MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VA. J.P. BELL CO., 618 P.

  • Deposit

    1907 RECON LOCATED ORE MINERALS.

  • Deposit

    1978 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES., UNABLE TO RELOCATE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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