Location: | Nelson County, Virginia, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 37.70506, -78.68834 |
dep_id: | 10080037 |
mrds_id: | W030921 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Copper |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | No production occurred |
Development status: | Occurrence |
ore: | Bornite, Malachite |
gangue: | Calcite, Quartz |
orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR |
Reporter: | Meintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.), Sweet, Palmer C. |
Structure: | Ne-Sw Trend, Scottsville Basin, Triassic Border Faults |
tectonic: | Basin, Piedmont |
References: |
- Deposit:: ERN, E.H., 1968, GEOLOGY OF THE BUCKINGHAM QUADRANGLE, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 15, 45 P.
- Deposit:: ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE JAMES RIVER-ROANOKE RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT, VIRGINIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1008, 155 P.
- Deposit:: 1942 GEOLMAP G.H. ESPENSHADE: ISSUED BULL. 1008.
- Deposit:: 1965 GEOLMAP VA. DIV. MIN. RES: ISSUED REPT. INV. 15.
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