Mine detail: Powhatan Williams Prospect

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Location: Floyd County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.92118, -80.27479
dep_id: 10080011
mrds_id: W030890
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Sulfur-Pyrite
Minor mineral: Copper, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Galena, Malachite, Pyrite
gangue: Limonite, Mica, Quartz
work_type: Surface
Reporter: Beaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.)
hrock_unit: Lynchburg Formation
hrock_type: Schist
Structure: Blue Ridge Anticlinorium
tectonic: Orogen
Year first produced: 1830
References:
  • 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.
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