| Location: | Buckingham County, Virginia, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 37.69338, -78.30111 |
| dep_id: | 10079432 |
| mrds_id: | W028969 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Copper, Iron |
| Trace mineral: | Sulfur-Pyrite, Zinc, Lead, Gold, Silver |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Goethite, Gold, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Silver, Sphalerite |
| gangue: | Chlorite, Gahnite, Garnet, Hornblende, Muscovite, Quartz, Sericite |
| orebody_fm: | TABULAR, LENTICULAR |
| work_type: | Unknown |
| model: | 184: Massive sulfide, kuroko |
| ore_ctrl: | In Schist As Tabular Or Lenticular Zones, Also Disseminated. |
| Reporter: | Beaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.), Trimble, David C. |
| hrock_unit: | Chopawamsic Formation;Hatcher Complex;Arvonia Formation |
| hrock_type: | Hornblendite |
| Structure: | Arvonia Syncline, Ne-Sw Trend |
| tectonic: | Piedmont |
| Year first produced: | 1775 |
| dy_ba: | < |
| disc_yr: | 1775 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: POOLE, J.L., 1974, NOTES ON SOME ABANDONED COPPER, LEAD, AND ZINC MINES IN THE PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA MINERALS V. 20 NO. 2 P. 9-16.
- Deposit:: TABER, S, 1913, GEOLOGY OF THE GOLD BELT IN THE JAMES RIVER BASIN, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 7, 271 P.
- Deposit:: BROWN, W.R., 1969, GEOLOGY OF THE DILLWYN QUADRANGLE, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 10, 77 P.
- Deposit:: BARNES, R.C., 1963, GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF SULFIDE DEPOSITS NEAR NEW CANTON, VIRGINIA: UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA UNPUBLISHED M.S. THESIS.
- Deposit:: 1890 DIREXPL MR. STAPLES; SUNK 23.8 M SHAFT AND SHIPPED 780 TONS OF ORE.
- Deposit:: 1903 DIREXPL JOHNSON MINING CO.: PURCHASED THE MINE. BEGAN EXTENSIVE EXCAVATIONS; SHAFT WAS DEEPENED TO 84.7 M, AN ADIT WAS DRIVEN FROM BEAR GARDEN CREEK SW TO CONNECT WITH THE SHAFT, AND 3 LEVELS OF WORKINGS WERE DEVELOPED.
- Deposit:: 1956 GEOPHYS R.F. BEERS, INC.: CONDUCTED GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY UNDER CONTRACT WITH DEFENSE MINERALS EXPLORATION ADMINISTRATION.
- Production:: TABER (1913), BARNES (1963).
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