Mine detail: Copal Prospect

Previously called 'Kopall Prospect'

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Location: Buckingham County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.452, -78.56362
dep_id: 10079447
mrds_id: W028986
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold
gangue: Pyrite, Quartz
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
model: 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Reporter: Meintzer (D.C. Levan), Robert E.
hrock_unit: Chopawamsic Formation
hrock_type: Schist
Structure: Arvonia Syncline, Ne-Sw Trend
tectonic: Piedmont
References:
  • Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, 77 P
  • Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES; MINE RE-LOCATED
  • Deposit:: DIREXPL NO PUBLISHED RESULTS
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