Mine detail: Copperas Hill Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

36.75425, -80.88452

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 Group, Ashe Formation
Host type:	Gneiss
Structure:	Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Fries Thrust, Gossan Lead Thrust, 3 S Surfaces Visible; Major Lineation 84 Degrees, S 19 E
Tectonic:	Orogen
Alteration processes:	Low Grade Regional Metamorphism (Almandine Garnet Zone)

References

MRDS	W030848
DEP	10079977
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:: STOSE, A.J., AND STOSE, G.W., 1957, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GOSSAN LEAD DISTRICT AND ADJACENT AREAS IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 72, 233 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:: CONLEY, J.F., 1985, GEOLOGY OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA PIEDMONT: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 59, 33P.}{Deposit:: 1857 DIREXPL COOK & WISTAR: OPENED MINE.}{Deposit:: 1911 RECON W.H. WEED: BULL. 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	Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.), Myers, Lesley L.