Mine detail: Marva Prospect

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Location

Lat / long: 38.16005, -77.80053

Resource(M)

Primary: Zinc, Lead
Secondary: Gold, Silver, Sulfur-Pyrite, Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Discovery year: 1920

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Mafic Intrusive Rock,Schist
Associated type:Diabase,Peridotite
Structure:Ne-Sw Trend, Columbia Syncline
Tectonic:Piedmont

References

MRDSW000450
DEP10067651
Reference{Deposit:: CLINE, J.H., WATSON, T.L., AND WRIGHT, F.J., 1921, A GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PYRITE-GOLD BELT IN LOUISA AND SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTIES, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:63 360.}{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:: DIREXPL DEPOSIT PROSPECTE}{Production:: LUTTRELL (1966)}
ReporterWright, Nancy A., Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.)