Mine detail: Joe Creek Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

37.66673, -78.79974

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Sulfur-Pyrite
Ore:	Bornite, Pyrite
Gangue:	Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Catoctin Formation
Host type:	Greenstone
Associated rock:	Catoctin Formation
Associated type:	Meta-Basalt
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Triassic Basin Border Fault, Transverse Faulting
Tectonic:	Piedmont

References

MRDS	W030923
DEP	10080038
Reference	{Deposit:: FURCRON, A.S., 1935, JAMES RIVER IRON AND MARBLE BELT, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 39, 124 P}{Deposit:: 1929 GEOLMAP VA. GEOL. SURV.: ISSUED BULL. 39.}{Deposit:: DIREXPL SHAFT SUNK}{Production:: FURCRON (1935, P. 109)}
Reporter	Meintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.)