Mine detail: Champion Mine

Previously called 'Jefferson No. 4 MineBland Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.382, -77.96554

Resource(B)

Primary:	Mica
Secondary:	Beryllium, Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium), Arsenic, Lead, Sulfur-Pyrite, Copper
Ore:	Beryl, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Marcasite, Microlite, Muscovite, Pyrite, Pyrochlore
Gangue:	Albite, Allanite, Biotite, Calcite, Garnet, Kaolin, Monazite, Oligoclase, Quartz, Sericite, Tourmaline, Zircon
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR LENS
Discovery year:	1866

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1866

Geology

Host rock:	Gneiss Chopawamsic Formation
Host type:	Gneiss
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Faults
Tectonic:	Piedmont

References

MRDS	W031176
DEP	10080102
Reference	{Deposit:: LEMKE, JAHNS, AND GRIFFITTS, 1952, MICA DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN PIEDMONT, PART 2. AMELIA DISTRICT, VIRGINIA, USGS PROF. PAPER 248-B, PP. 103-139.}{Deposit:: BROWN, W.R., 1962, MICA AND FELDSPAR DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES: MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 3, 195 P.}{Deposit:: STERRETT, D.B., 1923, MICA DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 740, PP. 307-330.}{Deposit:: PEGAU, A.A., 1932, PEGMATITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 33, 123 P.}{Deposit:: 1866? DIREXPL MR. SKELTON-DUG OPEN CUTS, SHAFT, MINED}{Deposit:: 1895 DIREXPL BENZ GRINDSTAFF-SUNK SHAFT, MINED}{Deposit:: 1913 DIREXPL J. BOYD BLAND-REWORKED MINE}{Deposit:: 1943 DIREXPL CHAMPION MINING CO. - DUG SHAFTS, MINED}{Production:: BROWN (1962)}
Reporter	Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)