Mine detail: Fulton Prospect

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Location

Lat / long: 36.60064, -81.06425

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Iron, Pig Iron
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Pyrrhotite
Orebody form: POD/LENS
Discovery year: 1861

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Lynchburg Formation
Host type:Schist
Structure:Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Gossan Lead Overthrust, Fries Fault
Tectonic:Orogen

References

MRDSW030897
DEP10080017
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:: RANKIN, D.W., ESPENSHADE, G.H., AND NEUMANN, R.B., 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WEST HALF OF THE WINSTON-SALEM QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA, VIRGINIA, AND TENNESSEE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-709-A, 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: ROSS, C.S., 1935, ORIGIN OF THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE DUCKTOWN TYPE IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 179, 165 P.}{Deposit:: STOSE, A.J., AND STOSE, G.W., 1957, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GOSSAN LEAD DISTRICT AND ADJACENT AREAS IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 72, 233 P.}{Deposit:: 1935 RECON C.S. ROSS: PROF. PAPER 179.}{Deposit:: DIREXPL DEPOSIT PROSPECTED.}{Deposit:: 1939 GEOLMAP VA. GEOL. SURV.: BULL. 72.}{Deposit:: 1972 GEOLMAP D.W. RANKIN: MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-709-A.}
ReporterMeintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P.C.)