| Location: | Charlotte County, Virginia, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 36.74813, -78.68363 |
| dep_id: | 10079998 |
| mrds_id: | W030873 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Copper |
| Minor mineral: | Silver, Gold |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | No production occurred |
| Development status: | Occurrence |
| ore: | Bornite, Chalcocite, Malachite |
| gangue: | Calcite, Epidote, Quartz |
| orebody_fm: | LENS |
| work_type: | Surface/Underground |
| ore_ctrl: | Shear Zones |
| Reporter: | Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) |
| hrock_unit: | Aaron Formation (Middle Member) |
| hrock_type: | Greenstone |
| arock_unit: | Aaron Formation (Middle Member) |
| arock_type: | Meta-Basalt |
| Structure: | Virgilina Synclinorium, Ne-Sw Trend, Schistosity Strikes N. 30 E And Dips 70-80 Deg. Se. |
| tectonic: | Piedmont |
| disc_yr: | 1700 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: LANEY, F.B., 1917, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE VIRGILINA DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 14, 176 P.
- Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., 1976, ABANDONED COPPER MINES AND PROSPECTS IN THE VIRGILINA DISTRICT, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA MINERALS, V. 22, NO. 3, P. 25-34.
- Deposit:: 1700 DIREXPL REPORTEDLY COPPER WAS EXTRACTED IN PERIOD 1700-1750
- Deposit:: 1881 DIREXPL SMALL AMOUNT OF PROSPECTING
- Deposit:: 1898 DIREXPL WORKINGS CLEANED OUT AND MORE PROSPECTING DONE.
- Production:: LANEY (1917)
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