| Location: | Amherst County, Virginia, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 37.512, -79.00974 |
| dep_id: | 10079972 |
| mrds_id: | W030842 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Copper |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Malachite |
| gangue: | Actinolite, Chalcedony, Chlorite, Olivine, Pyroxene, Quartz, Talc, Tremolite |
| orebody_fm: | LENS/STRINGERS, IRREGULAR |
| work_type: | Surface/Underground |
| alteration: | Peridotite Altered To Soapstone |
| conc_proc: | Hydrothermal |
| ore_ctrl: | Shear Zones, Joint System |
| Reporter: | Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) |
| hrock_unit: | Metaperidotite Dike;Lynchburg Formation |
| hrock_type: | Peridotite |
| arock_unit: | Metaperidotite Dike |
| arock_type: | Peridotite |
| Structure: | Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Espenshade (1954) Mapped A Major Reverse Fault To The East Between Lynchburg And Candler Formations., High Angle Faulting (?), Cross-Faulting (?) |
| tectonic: | Piedmont |
| Year first produced: | 1880 |
| dy_ba: | < |
| disc_yr: | 1775 |
| References: |
- 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:: FURCRON, A.S., 1935, JAMES RIVER IRON AND MARBLE BELT, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 39, 124 P.
- Deposit:: SIMPSON, T.C., 1980, THE HISTORY,GEOLOGY, AND BRIEF MINERALOGICAL SURVEY OF THE AREA KNOWN AS THE GLADES COPPER DISTRICT: UNPUBLISHED REPORT, COURSE EVSC 481, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
- Deposit:: MOORE, C.H., JR., 1940, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE AMHERST QUADRANGLE, VIRGINIA: CORNELL UNIVERSITY UNPUBLISHED PH.D. THESIS.
- Deposit:: 1875 DIREXPL THOMAS DUNLAP: MINED DEPOSITS (?)
- Deposit:: 1925 GEOLMAP VA. GEOL. SURV: AREA MAPPED
- Deposit:: 1938 GEOLMAP C.H. MOORE, JR: AREA MAPPED
- Deposit:: 1940 GEOLMAP G.H. ESPENSHADE: BULLETIN 1008
- Production:: MOORE (1940)
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