| Location: | Louisa County, Virginia, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 38.01977, -77.9086 |
| dep_id: | 10067666 |
| mrds_id: | W000466 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Copper, Sulfur-Pyrite |
| Minor mineral: | Iron, Pig Iron |
| Trace mineral: | Zinc, Lead, Gold, Silver |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Silver, Sphalerite |
| gangue: | Chlorite, Quartz |
| orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR |
| model: | 184: Massive sulfide, kuroko |
| conc_proc: | From Volcanic Exhalations |
| Reporter: | Wright, Nancy A., Sweet, Palmer C. |
| hrock_unit: | Chopawamsic Formation |
| hrock_type: | Mafic Intrusive Rock,Schist |
| Structure: | Ne-Sw Trend, Columbia Syncline |
| tectonic: | Piedmont |
| yfp_ba: | < |
| Year first produced: | 1882 |
| dy_ba: | < |
| disc_yr: | 1882 |
| References: |
- 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 P. , SCALE 1:63 360.
- Deposit:: FONTAINE, W.M., 1882, NOTES ON THE SULPHURET DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: THE VIRGINIAS, V.3, NO. 10, P. 154-155.
- 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 NEW JERSEY ZINC CO.: DIAMOND DRILLED PROPERTY.
- Deposit:: DIREXPL DEEP SHAFT SUNK, MINING CONDUCTED
- Production:: FONTAINE (1882)
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