Mine detail: Hemmer Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.01977, -77.9086

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper, Sulfur-Pyrite
Secondary: Iron, Pig Iron
Tertiary: Zinc, Lead, Gold, Silver
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Silver, Sphalerite
Gangue: Chlorite, Quartz
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1882

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1882

Geology

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

References

MRDSW000466
DEP10067666
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 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)}
ReporterWright, Nancy A., Sweet, Palmer C.