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Little Marrow Bone Creek Prospect

Occurrence in Henry county in Virginia, United States with commodity Emery
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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. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093819
MRDS ID W031217
Record type Site
Current site name Little Marrow Bone Creek Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.8781, 36.62564 (WGS84)
Elevation 238
Relative position 4.2 KM (2.55 MI) ESE OF GRASSY CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Henry(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Martinsville West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Danville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greensboro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Dan(hydrologic unit)

Roanoke(hydrologic accounting unit)

Chowan-Roanoke(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Henry

Comments on the location information

  • 275 M (900 FT) ENE OF STATE ROAD 641, 0.6 KM (0.4 MI) SOUTH OF JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 685.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Emery Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Emery Ore

Analytical data

Result 33.5% CORUNDUM, 30.5% MAGNETITE, 20.9% SPINEL, AND 7.9% CHLORITE (CONLEY AND TOEWE, 1968).

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Leatherwood Granite
    Rock description Leatherwood Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Leatherwood Granite
    Rock description Leatherwood Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.8781, 36.62564
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend, Smith River Allocthon

Comments on the geologic information

  • LEATHERWOOD GRANITE DATED AS 1020 M.Y. OLD.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1968
Discoverer Va. Div. Min. Res.

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • SAMPLE (R-3333) IN REPOSITORY AT VA. DIV. MIN. RES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CONLEY, J.F. AND TOEWE, E.C., 1968, GEOLOGY OF THE MARTINSVILLE WEST QUADRANGLE, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS, V. 16, 44 P

  • Deposit

    1968 GEOLMAP VA. DIV. MIN. RES.: MAPPED QUADRANGLE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO NAME PREVIOUSLY APPLIED TO THIS PROSPECT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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