Mine detail: Howell Mine

Previously called 'Ferrum Prospect'

Location:	Franklin City (City) County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long:	36.95007, -80.18311
dep_id:	10080014
mrds_id:	W030893
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Iron, Copper
Trace mineral:	Zinc, Iron, Pig Iron, Sulfur-Pyrite, Arsenic
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Chalcopyrite, Goethite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
gangue:	Chlorite, Quartz
work_type:	Surface/Underground
model:	91: Massive sulfide, Besshi (Japanese deposits)
conc_proc:	Supergene Alteration Of Iron And Copper Ores.
Reporter:	Meintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.)
hrock_unit:	Lynchburg Formation
hrock_type:	Schist
Structure:	Ne-Sw, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium
tectonic:	Orogen
Year first produced:	1820
disc_yr:	1820
References:	Deposit:: CURREY, R.O., 1859, A GEOLOGICAL VISIT TO THE VIRGINIA COPPER REGION: KNOXVILLE, TENN., BECKETT, HAWS AND CO.; REPRINTED IN PART UNDER COPPER AND IRON REGION OF THE FLOYD-CARROLL-GRAYSON PLATEAU OF THE BLUE RIDGE IN VIRGINIA, ETC.: THE VIRGINIAS, 1880, V. 1, P. 62-64, 69-71, 74-77, 80-81, 95. Deposit:: FONTAINE, W.M., 1882, NOTES ON THE SULPHURET DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: THE VIRGINIAS, V. 3, NO. 10, P. 154-155. Deposit:: FONTAINE, W.M., 1883-84, NOTES ON THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE FLOYD, VA., PLATEAU: THE VIRGINIAS, V. 4, P. 167, 178-180, 185-192; V. 5, P. 8-12. Deposit:: LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966, BASE-AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED ORE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 7, 167 P. Deposit:: 1820 DIREXPL IRON ORE MINED. Deposit:: 1854 DIREXPL COPPER ORE MINED.