Mine detail: Howell Mine

Previously called 'Ferrum Prospect'

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Location

Lat / long: 36.95007, -80.18311

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron, Copper
Tertiary: Zinc, Iron, Pig Iron, Sulfur-Pyrite, Arsenic
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Goethite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Chlorite, Quartz
Discovery year: 1820

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1820

Geology

Host rock:Lynchburg Formation
Host type:Schist
Structure:Ne-Sw, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium
Tectonic:Orogen

References

MRDSW030893
DEP10080014
Reference{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.}
ReporterMeintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.)