Mine detail: Piedmont Pyrites and Mineral Corp. Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

38.29365, -78.23111

Resource(M)

Primary:	Sulfur-Pyrite
Ore:	Pyrite
Gangue:	Goethite, Quartz
Orebody form:	PINCH AND SWELL
Discovery year:	1916

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Lynchburg Formation;Amphibolite
Host type:	Phyllite
Associated rock:	Amphibolite
Associated type:	Amphibolite
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium.
Tectonic:	Orogen
Alteration processes:	Pyrite On Surface Mostly Oxidized To Goethite.

References

MRDS	W031202
DEP	10080121
Reference	{Deposit:: ALLEN, R.M., JR., 1963, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GREENE AND MADISON COUNTIES: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, BULLETIN 78, 102 P.}{Deposit:: WATSON, T.L., 1920, VIRGINIA, IN SMITH, P.S., SULPHUR, PYRITES, AND SULPHURIC ACID, IN U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1917, PART 2-NONMETALS: P. 51-55.}{Deposit:: 1917 DIREXPL PIEDMONT PYRITES AND MINERAL CORP.}{Deposit:: 1950 DIREXPL ATTEMPT MADE TO REOPEN SHAFT.}{Deposit:: 1960 GEOLMAP VA. DIV. MIN. RES.: SITE VISITED DURING GEOLOGIC MAPPING OF COUNTY.}
Reporter	Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.), Trimble, David, C.