Mine detail: Belcher Prospect

Previously called 'Old Copper MineWeddle Prospect'

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Location

Lat / long: 36.7984, -80.39451

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron, Copper
Secondary: Iron, Pig Iron, Sulfur-Pyrite
Ore: Chalcocite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Biotite, Chlorite, Garnet, Hornblende, Quartz
Orebody form: POD/LENS ()

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1859

Geology

Host rock:Lynchburg Formation
Host type:Hornblendite,Schist
Structure:Blue Ridge Anticlinorium
Tectonic:Orogen

References

MRDSW030887
DEP10080009
Reference{Deposit:: SWEET, P.C. AND BELL, S.C., 1980, METALLIC MINERALIZATION IN THE BLUE RIDGE PROVINCE OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES: IN PREPARATION}{Deposit:: DIETRICH, R.V., 1959, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF FLOYD COUNTY OF THE BLUE RIDGE UPLAND, SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION SERIES, BULLETIN NO. 134, 160 P.}{Deposit:: 1859 DIREXPL}{Deposit:: 1940 DIREXPL C.W. THOMPSON, MINE REOPENED}{Deposit:: 1978 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES., SHAFT FILLED IN}
ReporterMeintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.)