Mine detail: Mcgrady, J.J., Prospect

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Location

Lat / long: 36.7834, -80.58313

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Hornblende, Mica, 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, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium
Tectonic:Orogen
Alteration processes:Metamorphosed

References

MRDSW030864
DEP10079991
Reference{Deposit:: FONTAINE, W.M., 1883-84, NOTES ON THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF FLOYD, VA., PLATEAU: THE VIRGINIAS, V. 4, P. 167, 178-180, 185-192; V. 5, P. 8-12.}{Deposit:: ESPENSHADE, G.H., RANKIN, D.W., SHAW, K.W., AND NEUMAN, R.B., 1975, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE EAST HALF OF WINSTON-SALEM QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA-VIRGINIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-709-B, 1 SHEET, SCALE 1: 250,000.}{Deposit:: DIREXPL INITIAL PROSPECTIN}{Production:: FONTAINE (1884, P. 11).}
ReporterMeintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.)