Mine detail: Davis Prospect

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Location

Lat / long: 36.79396, -80.76897

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper, Zinc, Lead
Secondary: Iron, Pig Iron, Sulfur-Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Goethite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Muscovite, Quartz
Orebody form: POD/LENSE
Discovery year: 1861

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Lynchburg Group, Ashe Formation
Host type:Schist
Structure:Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Fries Overthrust, 3 Phases Of Deformation Produced F1-F3; Ages Of Deformation Correlative With Paleogoic Orogenies
Tectonic:Orogen
Alteration processes:Low Grade Regional Metamorphism (Almandine Garnet Zone)

References

MRDSW030851
DEP10079978
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, R.D., 1948, THE GOSSAN LEAD, CARROLL COUNTY, VIRGINIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT, 21 P.}{Deposit:: CONLEY, J.F., 1985, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA PIEDMONT: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 59, 33P.}{Deposit:: 1855 OTHER TENN. & VA. MINING CO.: OBTAINED PROPERTY.}{Deposit:: 1939 GEOLMAP VA. GEOL. SURV.: BULL. 72.}{Deposit:: 1948 RECON R.J. WRIGHT & N.D. RAMAN: OPEN-FILE REPORT.}
ReporterMeintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P.C), Myers, Lesley L.