Mine detail: Leonard Mine

Previously called 'Clifton MineClifton Copper and Silver Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 36.69786, -80.94064

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper, Iron
Tertiary: Zinc, Lead, Iron, Pig Iron, Arsenic
Ore: Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Cubanite, Cuprite, Galena, Goethite, Malachite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Chlorite, Muscovite, Quartz
Orebody form: POD/LENS
Discovery year: 1861

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1789

Geology

Host rock:Lynchburg Formation
Host type:Schist
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

MRDSW030861
DEP10079988
Reference{Deposit:: BOYD, E.M., 1881, RESOURCES OF SOUTH-WEST VIRGINIA: NEW YORK, JOHN WILEY & SONS, 321 P.}{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:: 1789 DIREXPL GOSSAN MINED (?).}{Deposit:: 1856 DIREXPL COOK & WISTAR (?): OPENED MINE.}{Deposit:: 1935 GEOLMAP J.V. LEWIS: UNPUBLISHED MAP}{Deposit:: 1935 RECON C.S. ROSS: PROF.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}
ReporterMeintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.)