Mine detail: Black Run Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

36.96674, -80.36646

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Iron, Pig Iron, Lead, Molybdenum
Ore:	Galena, Gold, Molybdenite, Pyrrhotite
Gangue:	Mica, Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Lynchburg Formation
Host type:	Mica Schist
Structure:	Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Ne-Sw Trend
Tectonic:	Orogen

References

MRDS	W030566
DEP	10079826
Reference	{Deposit:: SWEET, P.C. AND BELL, S.C., 1980, METALLIC MINERALIZATION IN THE BLUE RIDGE PROVINCE OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, IN PREPARATION}{Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., 1971, GOLD MINES AND PROSPECTS IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA MINERALS, V. 17, NO. 3, P. 25-33.}{Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, 77 P.}{Deposit:: 1978 RECON VA. DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES; SITE NOT LOCATE}
Reporter	Beaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.)