Mine detail: Mckenna Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 37.69588, -78.29833

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Secondary: Zinc, Copper, Lead
Tertiary: Sulfur-Pyrite, Gold, Silver
Ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Limonite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Silver, Sphalerite
Gangue: Biotite, Chlorite, Gahnite, Garnet, Magnetite, Plagioclase, Quartz
Orebody form: POD/LENS
Discovery year: 1770

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1906

Geology

Host rock:Chopawamsic Formation;Arvonia Formation;Hatcher Complex
Host type:Phyllite,Schist
Structure:Arvonia Syncline, Ne-Sw Trend
Tectonic:Piedmont

References

MRDSW028973
DEP10079436
Reference{Deposit:: BARNES, R.C., 1962, A GEOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATION OF SULFIDE DEPOSITS NEAR NEW CANTON, VIRGINIA (ABS.): VIRGINIA JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, V. 13, NO. 4, P. 277.}{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1963, GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATION OF SULFIDE DEPOSITS NEAR NEW CANTON, VIRGINIA: UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA UNPUBLISHED M.S. THESIS.}{Deposit:: POOLE, J.L., 1974, NOTES ON SOME ABANDONED COPPER, LEAD, AND ZINC MINES IN THE PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES VIRGINIA MINERALS, VOL. 20 NO. 2, P. 9-14.}{Deposit:: 1895 DIREXPL J.P. MCKENNA: BEGAN EXPLORATION.}{Deposit:: 1906 DIREXPL VIRGINIA COPPER CO.: SUNK SHAFT, APPARENTLY UNPRODUCTIVE, AND WORK STOPPED IN 1907.}{Deposit:: 1956 DIREXPL R.F. BEERS, INC.: GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY AND DIAMOND DRILLING CONDUCTED.}
ReporterBeaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.), Sweet, Palmer C.