Mine detail: Sims Mine

Previously called 'Bootens Gap MineTunnel Tract MinePiedmont Copper Co. Mine.'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.3906, -78.44166

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Sulfur-Pyrite
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Copper, Cuprite, Malachite, Pyrite
Gangue:	Calcite, Epidote, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR, POD/LENS
Discovery year:	1914

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1914

Geology

Host rock:	Catoctin Formation;Swift Run Formation
Host type:	Meta-Basalt
Associated rock:	Catoctin Formation
Associated type:	Meta-Basalt
Structure:	Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Ne-Sw Trend
Tectonic:	Orogen

References

MRDS	W030902
DEP	10080021
Reference	{Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., AND BELL, S.C., 1980, METALLIC MINERALIZATION IN THE BLUE RIDGE PROVINCE OF VIRGINIA: VA. DIV. MIN. RES. PUBLICATION 27, P. 39-52.}{Deposit:: WEED, W.H., 1911, COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE APPALACHIAN STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 455, 166 P.}{Deposit:: ALLEN, R.M., JR., 1963, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GREENE AND MADISON COUNTIES: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 78, 102 P.}{Deposit:: 1978 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES, LOCATED EXCAVATIONS.}{Deposit:: DIREXPL PIEDMONT COPPER CO., SOME MINING (?).}
Reporter	Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.), Trimble, David, C.