Location: | Charlotte County, Virginia, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 36.9809, -78.52667 |
dep_id: | 10079999 |
mrds_id: | W030874 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Copper |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | No production occurred |
Development status: | Occurrence |
ore: | Bornite, Chalcocite, Malachite |
gangue: | Quartz |
orebody_fm: | LENS () |
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, Schistosity Strikes N. 55 Deg. E. And Dips 80 Deg. Se. A Prominent Joint Surface Strikes N. 70 Deg. W. |
tectonic: | Piedmont |
dy_ba: | < |
disc_yr: | 1915 |
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:: 1976 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES.: INSPECTED SITE.
- Deposit:: DIREXPL SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS SUNK ON QUARTZ VEIN.
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