Mine detail: Austin Run Mine

Previously called 'GarrisonvilleFer-SulOld Dominion'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.46254, -77.42191

Resource(M)

Primary:	Sulfur-Pyrite
Tertiary:	Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Pyrite
Gangue:	Chlorite, Epidote, Garnet, Hornblende, Muscovite, Quartz
Orebody form:	POD/LENS, IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1906

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1910

Geology

Host rock:	Patuxent Formation;Chopawamsic Formation;Diorite Gabbro Complex;Quartz Diorite
Host type:	Hornblendite,Schist
Associated rock:	Diorite Gabbro Complex;Quartz Diorite
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Columbia Syncline, Country Rock Foliation Strikes N.33 Deg.E. And Dips 50 Deg. Se. (Lonsdale, 1927) Or N.35-45 Deg.E And 60-80 Deg.Nw.To Vertical (Watson, 1920)
Tectonic:	Piedmont
Alteration processes:	Low Grade Metamorphism (?)

References

MRDS	W000438
DEP	10067641
Reference	{Deposit:: KINKEL, A.R., JR., 1967, THE ORE KNOB COPPER DEPOSIT, NORTH CAROLINA, AND OTHER MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSITS OF THE APPALACHIANS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 558, 58 P.}{Deposit:: LONSDALE, J.T., 1927, GEOLOGY OF THE GOLD-PYRITE BELT OF THE NORTHEASTERN PIEDMONT, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 30, 110 P.}{Deposit:: POOLE, J.L., 1973, IRON SULFIDE MINES IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA MINERALS, V.19, NO.3, P.29-33.}{Deposit:: WATSON, T.L., 1920, VIRGINIA; IN SMITH, P.S., SULPHUR, PYRITES, AND SULPHURIC ACID; IN U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1917, PART 2 - NONMETALS, P. 51-55.}{Deposit:: 1906 DIREXPL MINE OPENED}{Deposit:: 1910 DIREXPL AUSTIN RUN MINING CO.: FIRST PRODUCTION}{Deposit:: 1962 OTHER A.R. KINKEL, JR.: PROF. PAPER 558.}{Deposit:: 1973 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES.: INSPECTED SITE}{Production:: LONSDALE REFERENCE, P. 10.}
Reporter	Wright, Nancy A., Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.)