| Location: | Mecklenburg County, Virginia, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 36.56201, -78.4564 |
| dep_id: | 10080125 |
| mrds_id: | W031208 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Tungsten |
| Minor mineral: | Lead, Zinc, Sulfur-Pyrite, Copper |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | No production occurred |
| Development status: | Occurrence |
| ore: | Bindheimite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Huebnerite, Pyrite, Pyromorphite, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite |
| gangue: | Fluorite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite, Sericite |
| orebody_fm: | LINEAR, PINCH AND SWELL |
| model: | 46: W veins |
| conc_proc: | Magmatic Differentiation/Hydrothermal |
| ore_ctrl: | Shear Zones |
| Reporter: | Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.), Sweet, Palmer C. |
| hrock_unit: | Albite Granodiorite |
| hrock_type: | Diorite |
| arock_unit: | Albite Granodiorite |
| arock_type: | Diorite |
| Structure: | Homocline, Ne-Sw Trend, Spewmarrow Syncline |
| tectonic: | Piedmont |
| disc_yr: | 1943 |
| References: |
- Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: ARGYLE (1946)
- Deposit:: ARGYLE, B.E., 1946, EXPLORATION OF THE MECKLENBURG COUNTY, VA., TUNGSTEN AREA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 3857, 5 P.
- Deposit:: ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1947, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF VANCE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, AND MECKLENBURG COUNTY, VIRGINIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 948-A, 17 P.
- Deposit:: LAURENCE, R.A., 1968, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS, IN RIDGE, J.D., (ED.), ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1933-1967, VOL. I: NEW YORK, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL, AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, P. 155-168.
- Deposit:: PARKER, J.M., III, 1963, GEOLOGIC SETTING OF THE HAMME TUNGSTEN DISTRICT, NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1122-G, 69 P.
- Deposit:: 1943 GEOLMAP G.H. ESPENSHADE: BULLETIN ISSUED.
- Deposit:: 1944 DIREXPL U.S. BUREAU OF MINES: AREA TRENCHED AND DRILLED.
- Deposit:: 1949 GEOLMAP J.M. PARKER, III: BULLETIN ISSUED.
- Deposit:: 1973 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES.: SITE INSPECTED.
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