Mine detail: Moore Mine

Previously called 'Wreck Island Creek Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.49145, -78.88641

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Ore: Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla
Gangue: Chlorite, Hematite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form: LENS
Discovery year: 1776

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1776

Geology

Host rock:Candler Formation
Host type:Marble,Schist
Structure:James River Synclinorium
Tectonic:Piedmont

References

MRDSW030839
DEP10079970
Reference{Deposit:: FURCRON, A.S., 1935, JAMES RIVER IRON AND MARBLE BELT, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 39, 124 P.}{Deposit:: ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE JAMES RIVER-ROANOKE RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT, VIRGINIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1008, 155 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 PP. 9-16.}{Deposit:: LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966, BASE-AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED ORE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 7, 167 P.}{Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA. DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES; INSPECTED SITE}{Deposit:: DIREXPL PRE-REVOLUTIONARY WAR; COPPER ORE SHIPPED TO SMELTER NEARBY.}
ReporterBeaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.)