Mine detail: Joplin Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

38.56726, -77.38663

Resource(M)

Primary:	Sulfur-Pyrite
Ore:	Pyrite
Discovery year:	1915

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Chopawamsic Formation
Host type:	Gneiss
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Columbia-Quantico Syncline
Tectonic:	Piedmont

References

MRDS	W000327
DEP	10067544
Reference	{Deposit:: LONSDALE, J.T., 1927, GEOLOGY OF THE GOLD-PYRITE BELT OF THE NORTHEASTERN PIEDMONT, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 30, 110 P}{Deposit:: DIREXPL AREA PROSPECTE}
Reporter	Wright, Nancy A., Sweet, Palmer C. (Meintzer, Robert E.)