Mine detail: Fulton Prospect

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Location:	Grayson County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long:	36.60064, -81.06425
dep_id:	10080017
mrds_id:	W030897
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Copper
Minor mineral:	Iron, Pig Iron
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Occurrence
ore:	Chalcopyrite, Pyrrhotite
orebody_fm:	POD/LENS
model:	91: Massive sulfide, Besshi (Japanese deposits)
Reporter:	Meintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P.C.)
hrock_unit:	Lynchburg Formation
hrock_type:	Schist
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Gossan Lead Overthrust, Fries Fault
tectonic:	Orogen
dy_ba:	<
disc_yr:	1861
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:: 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.