| Location: | Floyd County, Virginia, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 36.83007, -80.37562 |
| dep_id: | 10068221 |
| mrds_id: | W001171 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Copper, Iron, Iron, Pig Iron |
| Minor mineral: | Sulfur-Pyrite, Silver |
| Trace mineral: | Cobalt, Nickel |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Limonite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite |
| gangue: | Biotite, Feldspar, Garnet, Quartz |
| orebody_fm: | FOLDED LENS |
| work_type: | Surface/Underground |
| model: | 91: Massive sulfide, Besshi (Japanese deposits) |
| Reporter: | Coury, Anny B., Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) |
| hrock_unit: | Lynchburg Formation |
| hrock_type: | Gneiss |
| Structure: | Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Foliation Strikes N 15-25 Deg E And Dips 35-50 Deg Se. |
| tectonic: | Orogen |
| Year first produced: | 1800 |
| disc_yr: | 1800 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: DIETRICH, R V, 1959, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF FLOYD COUNTY OF THE BLUE RIDGE UPLAND, SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE BULLETIN, ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION SERIES NO 134, 160 P.
- Deposit:: ESPENSHADE, G H, 1963, GEOLOGY OF SOME COPPER DEPOSITS IN NORTH CAROLINA, VIRGINIA, AND ALABAMA: U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-I, 50 P.
- Deposit:: SWEET, P C AND BELL, S C, 1980, METALLIC MINERALIZATION IN THE BLUE RIDGE PROVINCE OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, IN PREPARATION.
- Deposit:: GROSH, W.A., 1948, INVESTIGATION OF THE TONCRAE-HOWARD COPPER DEPOSITS, FLOYD COUNTY, VA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 4362, 4 P.
- Deposit:: 1800? DIREXPL MINING OF GOSSAN FOR IRON UNTIL ABOUT 1850, FOLLOWED BY MINING OF SMUT ORE FOR CU, 1854-1855.
- Deposit:: 1905 DIREXPL NEW YORK AND VIRGINIA COPPER CO.: DEVELOPMENT OF PRIMARY SULFIDES UNTIL 1908.
- Deposit:: 1938 DIREXPL AMERICAN METALS CO: DRILLING AND SELECTIVE MINING UNTIL 1941.
- Production:: ESPENSHADE (1963), SWEET AND BELL (1979)
- Reserve-Resource:: UNPUBLISHED REPORT BY R.J. WRIGHT, 1943, USGS
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