| Location: | Buckingham County, Virginia, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 37.69588, -78.29833 |
| dep_id: | 10079436 |
| mrds_id: | W028973 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Iron |
| Minor mineral: | Zinc, Copper, Lead |
| Trace mineral: | Sulfur-Pyrite, Gold, Silver |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Limonite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Silver, Sphalerite |
| gangue: | Biotite, Chlorite, Gahnite, Garnet, Magnetite, Plagioclase, Quartz |
| orebody_fm: | POD/LENS |
| work_type: | Unknown |
| model: | 184: Massive sulfide, kuroko |
| ore_ctrl: | In Lenticular And Planar Zones And Also Disseminated In The Schist. |
| Reporter: | Beaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.), Sweet, Palmer C. |
| hrock_unit: | Chopawamsic Formation;Arvonia Formation;Hatcher Complex |
| hrock_type: | Phyllite,Schist |
| Structure: | Arvonia Syncline, Ne-Sw Trend |
| tectonic: | Piedmont |
| Year first produced: | 1906 |
| disc_yr: | 1770 |
| References: |
- 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1963, GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATION OF SULFIDE DEPOSITS NEAR NEW CANTON, VIRGINIA: UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA UNPUBLISHED M.S. THESIS.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.
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