Mine detail: Cove Branch Mines

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 36.81757, -81.04453

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Ore: Iron
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1825

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1825
Last production ended: 1875

Geology

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

References

MRDSVA01787
DEP10067296
Reference{Deposit:: WHITMAN, J.A., 1942, IRON IN WYTHE COUNTY FROM 1792: SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA ENTERPRISES, WYTHEVILLE, VIRGINIA, PP. 80-88.}{Deposit:: PERSONAL COMMUNICATION (JULY 1987) - MR. S.P. MILLS, CRIPPLE CREEK, VIRGINIA.}{Deposit:: GOOCH, EDWIN O., 1954, IRON IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCE CIRCULAR NO. 1, 17 P.}
ReporterWilkes, Gerald P. (Sweet, Palmer C.)