Mine detail: Anaconda Mine

Previously called 'Eldridge Mill MineEldridge Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.61034, -78.4489

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Sulfur-Pyrite
Gangue:	Actinolite, Calcite, Chlorite, Epidote, Garnet, Hornblende, Magnetite, Oligoclase, Quartz, Zoisite
Orebody form:	PINCH AND SWELL
Discovery year:	1903

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1905

Geology

Host rock:	Chopawamsic Formation
Host type:	Greenstone
Associated rock:	Chopawamsic Formation
Associated type:	Meta-Basalt
Structure:	Hardware Anticline - Arvonia Syncline, Ne-Sw Trend
Tectonic:	Piedmont

References

MRDS	W028992
DEP	10079451
Reference	{Deposit:: BROWN, W.R., 1969, GEOLOGY OF THE DILLWYN QUADRANGLE, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 10, 77 P.}{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. 9-14.}{Deposit:: TABER, S., 1913, GEOLOGY OF THE GOLD BELT IN THE JAMES RIVER BASIN, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 7, 271 P.}{Deposit:: WATSON, T.L., 1907, MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VA., J.P. BELL CO., 618 P.}{Deposit:: 1903 DIREXPL Q.Q. COPPER CO.: DROVE 18 M SHAFT}{Deposit:: 1905 DIREXPL U.S. MINERAL CO.: DEEPENED SHAFT AND SHIPPED SOME ORE.}{Deposit:: 1972 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES.: INSPECTED SITE}{Production:: TABER (1913)}
Reporter	Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.), Trimble, David C.