Mine detail: Old Dominion Pyrite Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.03672, -77.87888

Resource(M)

Primary: Sulfur-Pyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Orebody form: POD/LENS
Discovery year: 1910

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1910-1911
First production started: 1910

Geology

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

References

MRDSW000460
DEP10067657
Reference{Deposit:: PHALEN, W.C., 1913, SULPHUR, PYRITE, AND SULPHURIC ACID, IN U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, CALENDAR YEAR 1912, PART 2 - NONMETALS: P. 931-953.}{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:: 1910 DIREXPL SHAFT SUNK}{Deposit:: 1918 DIREXPL ADDITIONAL EXPLORATION CONDUCTED}{Production:: PHALEN (1913)}
ReporterWright, Nancy A., Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.)