Mine detail: Blair, T., Mine

Previously called 'Blair Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

36.74786, -80.8898

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Zinc, Lead, Iron, Pig Iron, Arsenic
Ore:	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Cubanite, Cuprite, Galena, Goethite, Malachite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Muscovite, Quartz
Orebody form:	POD/LENS
Discovery year:	1861

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1857

Geology

Host rock:	Lynchburg Formation
Host type:	Schist
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Fries Overthrust, Gossan Lead Overthrust, Main Sulfide Zone Strikes N. 45 Deg E. And Dips 30-60 Deg Se.
Tectonic:	Orogen
Alteration processes:	Regional Metamorphism

References

MRDS	W030846
DEP	10079975
Reference	{Deposit:: CURREY, R.O., 1859, A GEOLOGICAL VISIT TO THE VIRGINIA COPPER REGION: KNOXVILLE, TENN., BECKETT, HAWS AND CO.; REPRINTED IN PART UNDER COPPER AND IRON REGION OF THE FLOYD-CARROLL-GRAYSON PLATEAU OF THE BLUE RIDGE IN VIRGINIA, ETC.: THE VIRGINIAS, 1880 V. 1, P. 62-64, 69-71, 74-77, 80-81, 95.}{Deposit:: KLINE, M.H., AND BALLARD, T.J., 1949, INVESTIGATION OF THE GREAT GOSSAN LEAD CARROLL COUNTY, VA.: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 4532, 39 P.}{Deposit:: WRIGHT, R.J., AND RAMAN, N.D., 1948, THE GOSSAN LEAD, CARROLL COUNTY, VIRGINIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT, 21 P.}{Deposit:: 1857 DIREXPL YARNELL MINING CO.: OPENED MINE.}{Deposit:: 1911 RECON W.H. WEED: BULLETIN 455.}{Deposit:: 1935 RECON C.S. ROSS: PROF. PAPER 179.}{Deposit:: 1939 GEOLMAP VA. GEOL. SURV.: BULL. 72.}{Deposit:: 1948 RECON R.J. WRIGHT & N.D. RAMAN: OPEN-FILE REPORT}{Production:: CURREY (1859)}
Reporter	Beaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.)