Mine detail: Joe Creek Mine

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Location: Nelson County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.66673, -78.79974
dep_id: 10080038
mrds_id: W030923
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Trace mineral: Sulfur-Pyrite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Bornite, Pyrite
gangue: Quartz
Reporter: Meintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.)
hrock_unit: Catoctin Formation
hrock_type: Greenstone
arock_unit: Catoctin Formation
arock_type: Meta-Basalt
Structure: Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Triassic Basin Border Fault, Transverse Faulting
tectonic: Piedmont
References:
  • 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)
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