| Deposit ID | 10106151 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W030569 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Brush Creek Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Walters Place Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -80.31146, 37.0534 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 707 |
| Relative position | 2.9 MI (4.7 KM) EAST OF PILOT. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Floyd(county)
Virginia(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Pilot(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Radford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Bluefield(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 | Floyd |
| United States | Virginia | Montgomery |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Feldspar | Gangue |
| Iron | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 119 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 39a |
| Deposit model name | Placer Au-PGE |
| Mark3 model number | 54 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss | ||||
| Rock unit name | Little River Gneiss | ||||
| Rock description | Little River Gneiss | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -80.31146, 37.0534 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Ne-Sw Trend |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Fries Fault |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1879 |
| Discoverer | J.M. Thomas |
| Year of first production | 1879 |
| District name | Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W030569 |
SWEET, P.C. AND BELL, S.C., 1980, METALLIC MINERALIZATION IN THE BLUE RIDGE PROVINCE OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES IN PREPARATION.
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
DIETRICH, R.V., 1959, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF FLOYD COUNTY OF THE BLUE RIDGE UPLAND, SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION SERIES, BULLETIN NO. 134, 160 P.
SWEET, P.C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, 77 P.
1890 DIREXPL MR. HAWKS, ERECTED STAMP MILL.
1920 OTHER MR DANIEL WALTERS, HAND PANNING & SLUICING.
1972 RECON VA. DIV. MIN RES., EVIDENCE OF PLACER WORKINGS.
DIETRICH (1959)
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1979 | Meintzer (D.C. Levan), Robert E | U.S. Geological Survey |
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