Mine detail: Grove Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

37.01896, -78.50056

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite
Gangue:	Quartz
Discovery year:	1906

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1916

Geology

Host rock:	Aaron Formation (Middle Member)
Host type:	Greenstone
Associated rock:	Aaron Formation (Middle Member)
Associated type:	Meta-Basalt
Structure:	Virgilina Synclinorium, Schistosity Strikes Approximately Northeast And A Dip Of 80 Deg Se.
Tectonic:	Piedmont

References

MRDS	W030877
DEP	10080002
Reference	{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:: POOLE, J.L., 1974, NOTES ON SOME ABANDONED COPPER, LEAD, AND ZINC MINES IN THE PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA MINERALS, V. 20, NO. 2, P. 10-14.}{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:: 1916 DIREXPL THREE SHAFTS SUNK; ORE SHIPPED TO SMELTER IN WEST NORFOLK.}{Deposit:: 1976 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES.: INSPECTED SITE}{Deposit:: DIREXPL A SHAFT AND SEVERAL PITS SUNK, BUT WORK ABANDONED BY JULY 1906.}{Production:: LANEY (1917)}
Reporter	Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.)