| Location: | Buckingham County, Virginia, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 37.61034, -78.4489 |
| dep_id: | 10079451 |
| mrds_id: | W028992 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Copper |
| Trace mineral: | Sulfur-Pyrite |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| gangue: | Actinolite, Calcite, Chlorite, Epidote, Garnet, Hornblende, Magnetite, Oligoclase, Quartz, Zoisite |
| orebody_fm: | PINCH AND SWELL |
| work_type: | Unknown |
| model: | 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
| ore_ctrl: | Shear Zones |
| Reporter: | Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.), Trimble, David C. |
| hrock_unit: | Chopawamsic Formation |
| hrock_type: | Greenstone |
| arock_unit: | Chopawamsic Formation |
| arock_type: | Meta-Basalt |
| Structure: | Hardware Anticline - Arvonia Syncline, Ne-Sw Trend |
| tectonic: | Piedmont |
| Year first produced: | 1905 |
| dy_ba: | < |
| disc_yr: | 1903 |
| References: |
- 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)
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