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Hogan Prospect

Occurrence in Floyd county in Virginia, United States with commodities Copper, Iron, Sulfur-Pyrite, Iron, Pig Iron
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096550
MRDS ID W030889
Record type Site
Current site name Hogan Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.32007, 36.8859 (WGS84)
Elevation 2350
Relative position 1.7 MI (2.7 KM) S OF FLOYD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Floyd(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Floyd(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 Floyd

Comments on the location information

  • ON HILLSIDE SOUTH OF DODD CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Iron Primary
Sulfur-Pyrite Primary
Iron, Pig Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COPPER EXISTS AS SUPERGENE DEPOSIT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 91
USGS model code 24b
Deposit model name Massive sulfide, Besshi (Japanese deposits)
Mark3 model number 30

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Rock unit name Lynchburg Formation
    Rock description Lynchburg Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.32007, 36.8859
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Blue Ridge Anticlinorium

Comments on the geologic information

  • FRAGMENTS OF SCHIST SEEN IN AREA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hogan, A.

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT PITS. IN 1978, A SMALL TRENCH CUT VISIBLE IN HILLSIDE, BUT COVERED WITH EXTENSIVE GROWTH OF RHODODENDRON.

Comments on development

  • IN 1883 A DEPOSIT OF MAGNETITE WAS DESCRIBED AT THIS PROPERTY. NO MINERALIZATION OBSERVED IN 1978.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SWEET, P.C. AND BELL, S.C., 1980, METALLIC MINERALIZATION IN THE BLUE RIDGE PROVINCE OF VIRGINIA, IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO VIRGINIA GEOLOGY - IV: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 27, P. 39-52.

  • Deposit

    LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966, BASE-AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED ORE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 7, 167 P.

  • Deposit

    1883 DIREXPL

  • Deposit

    1978 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. EXPL., PROSPECT LOCATED

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAGNETITE BODY 60 CM THICK BELIEVED TO HAVE PINCHED OUT AT A DEPTH OF 5 M.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources
Updater 01-DEC-1987 Sweet, Palmer C. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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