Mine detail: Anaconda Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 36.55897, -78.7678

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Ore: Chalcocite, Malachite
Gangue: Epidote, Quartz
Orebody form: LENS

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1906

Geology

Host rock:Aaron Formation (Middle Member)
Host type:Greenstone
Associated type:Meta-Basalt
Structure:Virgilina Synclinorium, Prevailing Schistosity Strikes N 10-20 Deg E And Dips 70-80 Deg E.
Tectonic:Piedmont

References

MRDSW030904
DEP10080023
Reference{Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: WEED (1911)}{Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., 1976, ABANDONED COPPER MINES AND PROSPECTS IN THE VIRGILINA DISTRICT, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA MINERALS, V. 22, NO. 3, P. 25-34.}{Deposit:: WEED, W.H., 1911, COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE APPALACHIAN STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 455, 166 P.}{Deposit:: KREISA, R.D., 1980, GEOLOGY OF OMEGA, SOUTH BOSTON, CLUSTER SPRINGS, AND VIRGILINA QUADRANGLES, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 5, 22 P.}{Deposit:: 1976 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES.: INSPECTED SITE.}{Deposit:: DIREXPL MINED AND SHIPPED ORE.}
ReporterMeintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.)