Mine detail: Taz Weeks Prospect

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Location: Floyd County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.82674, -80.49507
dep_id: 10080012
mrds_id: W030891
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Sulfur-Pyrite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcocite, Pyrite
model: 91: Massive sulfide, Besshi (Japanese deposits)
alteration: Gossan
Reporter: Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.)
hrock_unit: Lynchburg Formation
hrock_type: Schist
Structure: Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Buffalo Mountain Cross Structure
tectonic: Orogen
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:: LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966, BASE-AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED ORE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MIN. RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 7, 167 P.
  • Deposit:: 1978 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES., PROSPECT LOCATED
  • Deposit:: DIREXPL
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