Mine detail: Old Dominion Pyrite Mine

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Location: Louisa County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.03672, -77.87888
dep_id: 10067657
mrds_id: W000460
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Sulfur-Pyrite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Pyrite
orebody_fm: POD/LENS
work_type: Underground
model: 184: Massive sulfide, kuroko
conc_proc: From Volcanic Exhalations
Reporter: Wright, Nancy A., Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.)
hrock_unit: Chopawamsic Formation
hrock_type: Schist
Structure: Ne-Sw Trend, Columbia Syncline
tectonic: Piedmont
Year first produced: 1910
disc_yr: 1910
prod_yrs: 1910-1911
References:
  • 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)
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