Mine detail: Lineberry, F., Mine

Previously called 'Lineberry MineF. Limeberry Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 36.73314, -80.90564

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper, Iron
Tertiary: Zinc, Lead, Arsenic, Iron, Pig Iron
Ore: Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Cubanite, Cuprite, Galena, Goethite, Malachite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Muscovite, Quartz
Orebody form: POD/LENS
Discovery year: 1800

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Lynchburg Group, Ashe Formation
Host type:Schist
Structure:Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Fries Thrust, 3 Phases Of Regional Deformation., Two S-Surfaces Visible.
Tectonic:Orogen
Alteration processes:Low Grade Regional Metamorphism

References

MRDSW030862
DEP10079989
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:: KLINE, M.H., AND BALLARD, T.J., 1949, INVESTIGATION OF THE GREAT GOSSAN LEAD, CARROLL COUNTY, VA.: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 4532, 39 P.}{Deposit:: WRIGHT, R.J., AND RAMAN, N.D., 1948, THE GOSSAN LEAD, CARROLL COUNTY, VIRGINIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT, 21 P.}{Deposit:: CORRIVEAU, M.P., 1956, MINERAL DRESSING STUDIES ON THE GREAT GOSSAN LEAD ORE FROM CARROLL COUNTY, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE BULLETIN, ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION SERIES NO. 113, V. 49, NO. 11, 79 P.}{Deposit:: CONLEY, JAMES F., 1985, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA PIEDMONT: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 59, 33 P.}{Deposit:: 1900 DIREXPL GOSSA N MINED}{Deposit:: 1911 RECON W.H. WEED: BULL. 455.}{Deposit:: 1926 DIREXPL GENERAL CHEMICAL CO. (ALLIED CHEM. CO.): CONDUCTED EXPLORATORY DRILLING.}{Deposit:: 1935 RECON C.S. ROSS: PROF. PAPER 179.}{Deposit:: 1948 DIREXPL U.S. BUREAU OF MINES: CONDUCTED EXPLORATORY DRILLING}{Deposit:: 1948 RECON R.J. WRIGHT N.D. RAMAN: OPEN-FILE REPORT.}{Reserve-Resource:: C.T. HOLLAND IN CORRIVEAU (1956, P. 15).}
ReporterMyers, Lesley L., Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.)