Commodities
PrimaryTin, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Thorium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsUnknown
Materials
Ore mineralsCassiterite, Gold, Pyrite
GangueBeudantite, Goethite, Hematite, Jarosite
Geology
Host rockMylonite
Associated rockMeta-Basalt,Dacite
StructureAnastomosing Thin Mylonites Near Se - Dipping Cataclastic Zone
Tectonic settingAllocthonous Thrust Lobe Of Imbricately Faulted Precambrian Charnoukites And Graulite Gneisse
AlterationSerkite - Chlorite; Oxidation Of Sulfieds, Arsenides
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1983
Identification
Deposit ID10067244
MRDS IDVA01730
Alternate namesGood Gold Prospect
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.81311, -79.19336
References
GOOD, R.S., IN PREPARATION, GEOCHEMICAL AND GEOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE FOR TIN AND GOLD IN IRISH CREEK TIN DISTRICT, ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY, VIRGINIA, VDMR.HUDSON, T.A., 1981, GEOLOGY OF THE IRISH CREEK TIN DISTRICT, VIRGINIA BLUE RIDGE: UNPUBLISHED M.S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, 114 P.FORDHAM, O.M. JR., 1978, STREAM SEDIMENT GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE IRISH CREEK TIN DISTRICT, ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY IN CRONTRIBUTIONS TO VIRGINIA GIOLOGY III: VDMR PUBL. 7, P. 75-85.EVANS, N.A. AND GOOD, R.S., IN PREPARATION, GEOCHRONOLOGY OF A XENOLITHIC GRANITE PLUTON, NETTLE CREEK, ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY, VIRGINIA.