Mine detail: Sutphan Mine

Previously called 'Sutphin Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 36.80007, -80.58313

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Sulfur-Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Copper, Pyrite
Gangue: Epidote, Hornblende, Magnetite, Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1861

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1854

Geology

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

References

MRDSW030867
DEP10079994
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:: 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:: LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966, BASE-AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED ORE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 7, 167 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 MAP I-709-B, 1 SHEET, SCALE 1: 250,000.}{Deposit:: 1834 DIREXPL MEIGS CO., TENN., & VA. MINING CO.: OPENED MINE}{Deposit:: 1911 RECON W.H. WEED: BULL. 455.}{Deposit:: 1935 RECON C.S. ROSS: PROF. PAPER 179.}{Deposit:: 1948 RECON R.J. WRIGHT & N.D. RAMAN: OPEN-FILE REPORT.}{Production:: CURREY (1859)}
ReporterMeintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.)