Mine detail: Joplin Prospect

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Location: Prince William County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.56726, -77.38663
dep_id: 10067544
mrds_id: W000327
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Sulfur-Pyrite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Pyrite
Reporter: Wright, Nancy A., Sweet, Palmer C. (Meintzer, Robert E.)
hrock_unit: Chopawamsic Formation
hrock_type: Gneiss
Structure: Ne-Sw Trend, Columbia-Quantico Syncline
tectonic: Piedmont
disc_yr: 1915
References:
  • 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
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