Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySulfur-Pyrite
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Geology
Host rockSchist · Lynchburg Formation
StructureNe-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium
Tectonic settingOrogen
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1861
Identification
Deposit ID10079807
MRDS IDW030544
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.71925, -80.83174
References
SRC.REF: FONTAINE (1884, P.9)FONTAINE, W.M., 1883-84, NOTES ON THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE FLOYD, VA., PLATEAU: THE VIRGINIAS, V.4, P.167, 178-180, 185-192; V.5, P.8-12.STOSE, A.J., AND STOSE, G.W., 1957, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GOSSAN LEAD DISTRICT AND ADJACENT AREAS IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 72, 233 P.SWEET, P.C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 19, 77 P.1975 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES: INSPECTED SITEDIREXPL PROSPECTED FOR CU WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS.