Mine detail: Tices Mill Prospect

Previously called 'Piedmont Prospect'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.10007, -80.22061

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Zinc
Secondary:	Gold, Arsenic, Sulfur-Pyrite
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Dolomite
Discovery year:	1952

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Shady Formation
Host type:	Sandstone,Dolomite
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Fries Fault (Poor Mountain Thrust), Poor Mountain Anticline
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline

References

MRDS	W031205
DEP	10080123
Reference	{Deposit:: DIETRICH, R.V., 1954, GEOLOGY OF THE PILOT MOUNTAIN AREA, VIRGINIA: BULLETIN OF THE VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION SERIES NO. 91, V. 47, NO. 4, 32 P.}{Deposit:: DIETRICH, R.V., 1959, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF FLOYD COUNTY OF THE BLUE RIDGE UPLAND, SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA: BULLETIN OF THE VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION SERIES NO. 134, V. 52, NO. 12, 160 P.}{Deposit:: DIREXPL SHAFT AND ADIT DRIVEN, NO MINING}
Reporter	Meintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.)