Mine detail: Taz Weeks Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

36.82674, -80.49507

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Sulfur-Pyrite
Ore:	Chalcocite, Pyrite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Lynchburg Formation
Host type:	Schist
Structure:	Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Buffalo Mountain Cross Structure
Tectonic:	Orogen
Alteration processes:	Gossan

References

MRDS	W030891
DEP	10080012
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:: 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}
Reporter	Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.)