Mine detail: Irish Creek Mine

Previously called 'Cash MinePanther Run Mine'

Location:	Rockbridge County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long:	37.84977, -79.16336
dep_id:	10008886
mrds_id:	D001371
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Tin
Minor mineral:	Tungsten, Beryllium
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Beryl, Cassiterite, Scheelite, Wolframite
gangue:	Ankerite, Biotite, Chlorite, Fluorite, Muscovite, Siderite, Sphalerite
orebody_fm:	IRREGULAR
work_type:	Surface/Underground
model:	49: Sn greisen
conc_proc:	Greisenization
ore_ctrl:	Shear Zones
Reporter:	Elliott, James E., Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.)
hrock_unit:	Pedlar Formation
hrock_type:	Diorite
Structure:	Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Pedlar Massif, Minor Faulting Evident In Host Rock
tectonic:	Orogen
Year first produced:	1884
disc_yr:	1846
discr:	Martha D Cash (Rediscoverer In 1882)
References:	Deposit:: FERGUSON, H G, 1918, TIN DEPOSITS NEAR IRISH CREEK, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 15-A, 40 P Deposit:: LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25. Deposit:: KOSCHMANN, A H, GLASS, J J, VHAY, J S, 1942, TIN DEPOSITS OF IRISH CREEK, VIRGINIA: U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 936-K, 26 P Deposit:: SWEET, P C AND BELL, S C, 1980, METALLIC MINERALIZATION IN THE BLUE RIDGE PROVINCE OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, IN PREPARATION. Deposit:: LEMMON, D.M., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, UNPUBLISHED DATA. Deposit:: FORDHAM, O.M., JR, 1978, STREAM SEDIMENT GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE IRISH CREEK TIN DISTRICT, ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY, VIRGINIA, IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO VIRGINIA GEOLOGY-ILL: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 7, P. 75-85. Deposit:: 1883 DIREXPL COMMENCED DEVELOPMENT ENDING IN 1919. Deposit:: 1942 DIREXPL BETHLEHEM STEEL CO: DRILLED EXPLORATORY HOLES. Deposit:: 1973 GEOCHEM VA DIV MIN RES: STREAM-SEDIMENT ANALSES (FORDHAM, 1978) Production:: KOSCHMANN AND OTHERS (1942)