| Location: | Charlotte County, Virginia, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 37.01896, -78.50056 |
| dep_id: | 10080002 |
| mrds_id: | W030877 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Copper |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite |
| gangue: | Quartz |
| work_type: | Unknown |
| 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 Approximately Northeast And A Dip Of 80 Deg Se. |
| tectonic: | Piedmont |
| Year first produced: | 1916 |
| dy_ba: | < |
| disc_yr: | 1906 |
| 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:: 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)
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