Mine detail: Chappell Prospect

Previously called 'Chappel Prospect'

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Location

Lat / long:

36.67146, -78.74974

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcocite, Malachite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	PROBABLY LENS
Discovery year:	1911

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Aaron Formation (Middle Member)
Host type:	Greenstone
Associated rock:	Aaron Formation (Middle Member)
Associated type:	Meta-Basalt
Structure:	Virgilina Synclinorium, Schistosity Strikes N-S And Dips 65 Deg. E.
Tectonic:	Piedmont

References

MRDS	W030906
DEP	10080025
Reference	{Deposit:: LANEY, F.B., 1917, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE VIRGILINA DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 14, 176 P.}{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:: 1976 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES.: INSPECTED SITE.}{Deposit:: DIREXPL SUNK TWO SHAFTS AND ONE PROSPECT PIT.}{Production:: LANEY (1917)}
Reporter	Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.)