Mine detail: Kincannon Property Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 36.81368, -80.76841

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead, Iron, Pig Iron, Arsenic, Zinc
Ore: Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Cubanite, Cuprite, Galena, Goethite, 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: 1861

Geology

Host rock:Lynchburg Formation
Host type:Schist,Gneiss
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

MRDSW030858
DEP10079985
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:: ROSS, C.S., 1935, ORIGIN OF THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE DUCKTOWN TYPE IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 179, 165 P.}{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:: 1911 RECON W.H. WEED: BULL. 455}{Deposit:: DIREXPL TUNNELING CONDUCTED.}{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), WRIGHT AND RAMAN (1948)}
ReporterMeintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.)