Mine detail: Pulaski Iron Company Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 36.8048, -81.11314

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Ore: Iron
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1875

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1875
Last production ended: 1917

Geology

Host rock:Shady
Host type:Dolomite
Tectonic:Blue Ridge Front

References

MRDSVA01786
DEP10067295
Reference{Deposit:: WHITMAN, J.A., 1942, IRON IN WYTHE COUNTY FROM 1792: SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA ENTERPRISES, WYTHEVILLE, VIRGINIA, PP. 80-88.}{Deposit:: KEGLEY, MARY B., 1986, GLIMPSES OF WYTHE COUNTY: CENTRAL VIRGINIA NEWSPAPERS, INC., 218 P.}{Deposit:: PERSONAL COMMUNICATION (JULY 1987): MR. S.P. MILLS, CRIPPLE CREEK, VIRGINIA.}
ReporterWilkes, Gerald P. (Sweet, Palmer C.)