Mine detail: Dalton Hill Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 36.79396, -80.76897

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc, Lead, Iron, Iron, Pig Iron, Sulfur-Pyrite, Silver
Ore: Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Goethite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Dolomite, Muscovite, Quartz
Orebody form: POD/LENS
Discovery year: 1861

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1855

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-F2 Ages Of Deformation Correlative With Paleozoic Orogenies?
Tectonic:Orogen
Alteration processes:Low Grade Regional Metamorphism (Almandine Garnet Zone)

References

MRDSW030850
DEP10079979
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:: FONTAINE, W.M., 1883-84, NOTES ON THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE FLOYD, VA., PLATEAU: THE VIRGINIAS, V. 4, P. 167, 178-180, 185-192; V. 5, P. 8-12.}{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 DIREXPL DALTON MINING CO.: OPENED MINE.}{Deposit:: 1939 DIREXPL C.H. THOMPSON: DROVE SHAFTS AND DUG PITS.}{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.