Mine detail: Greer Place Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 36.68341, -81.43315

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Feldspar, Quartz
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1907

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Mount Rogers Formation
Host type:Rhyolite
Associated rock:Mount Rogers Formation
Associated type:Rhyolite
Structure:Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Stone Mountain Fault
Tectonic:Orogen

References

MRDSW030898
DEP10080018
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:: WATSON, T.L., 1907, MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VA., J.P. BELL CO., 618 P.}{Deposit:: RANKIN, D.W., ESPENSHADE, G.H., AND NEUMAN, 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:: 1978 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES., UNABLE TO LOCATE}
ReporterMeintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.)