Mine detail: Pruitt No. 4 Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

38.34643, -77.61026

Resource(B)

Primary:	Zinc
Secondary:	Copper, Lead, Sulfur-Pyrite, Graphite
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Graphite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Quartz
Discovery year:	1958

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Peters Creek Quartzite Member, Chopawamsic
Host type:	Mafic Intrusive Rock,Schist
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Columbia Syncline
Tectonic:	Piedmont

References

MRDS	W000432
DEP	10067636
Reference	{Deposit:: LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966, BASE- AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED ORE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 7, 167 P}{Deposit:: 1958 DIREXPL BEERS, INC.: DRILLED PROSPECT, PROSPECT PITS DUG}
Reporter	Wright, Nancy A., Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.)