Mine detail: Powhatan Williams Prospect

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Location

Lat / long: 36.92118, -80.27479

Resource(M)

Primary: Sulfur-Pyrite
Secondary: Copper, Lead
Ore: Galena, Malachite, Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite, Mica, Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence
First production started: 1830

Geology

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

References

MRDSW030890
DEP10080011
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:: FONTAINE, W.M., 1883, NOTES ON THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE FLOYD, VIRGINIA, PLATEAU: THE VIRGINIAS, V. 4, P. 167, 178-180, 185-192; V. 5, P. 8-12.}{Deposit:: 1830 DIREXPL EXCAVATED DEEP OPEN CUT.}{Deposit:: 1978 RECON VA. DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES: SITE INSPECTED.}
ReporterBeaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.)