Mine detail: Early Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 36.75008, -80.6998

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Copper
Gangue: Epidote, Feldspar, Hornblende, Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1900

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Hornblende Gneiss;Lynchburg Formation
Host type:Gneiss
Associated rock:Hornblende Gneiss
Associated type:Gneiss
Structure:Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium
Tectonic:Orogen
Alteration processes:Metamorphosed

References

MRDSW030852
DEP10079980
Reference{Deposit:: BOYD, C.R., 1880, MINERAL WEALTH OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA: AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING ENGINEERS TRANSACTIONS, V. 8, P. 338-348.}{Deposit:: BOYD, C.R., 1881, RESOURCES OF SOUTH-WEST VIRGINIA: NEW YORK, JOHN WILEY & SONS, 321 P.}{Deposit:: ESPENSHADE, G.H., RANKIN, D.W., SHAW, K.W., AND NEUMAN, R.B.: 1975, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE EAST HALF OF THE WINSTON-SALEM QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA-VIRGINIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-709-B, SCALE 1:250,000.}{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:: 1880 DIREXPL POSSIBLE PROSPECTING WORK.}{Deposit:: 1970 RECON K.W. SHAW: RECON GEOLOGIC MAPPING (I-709-B)}
ReporterMeintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.)