Mine detail: Wolfpit Mine

Previously called 'Wolf Pit Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

36.7984, -80.79369

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Zinc, Lead, Iron, Iron, Pig Iron, Arsenic
Ore:	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Cubanite, Cuprite, Galena, Goethite, Malachite, 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:	1855

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

MRDS	W030871
DEP	10079996
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:: WATSON, T.L., 1907, MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VA., J.P. BELL CO., 618 P.}{Deposit:: WEED, W.H., 1911, COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE APPALACHIAN STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 455, 166 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:: 1935 RECON C.S. ROSS: PROF. PAPER 179.}{Deposit:: 1939 GEOLMAP VA. GEOL. SURV.: BULL 72.}{Deposit:: DIREXPL TENN. & VA. MINING CO.: OPENED MINE}{Deposit:: 1948 RECON R.J. WRIGHT & N.D. RAMAN: OPEN-FILE REPORT.}{Production:: WEED (1911)}
Reporter	Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.)