Mine detail: Bishop Mine

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Location: Campbell County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.15063, -79.31892
dep_id: 10080128
mrds_id: W031211
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Manganese
Minor mineral: Copper
Trace mineral: Iron, Gold, Sulfur-Pyrite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Gold, Limonite, Malachite, Psilomelane, Pyrite
gangue: Hematite, Ilmenite, Quartz, Turquoise
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
Reporter: Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)
hrock_unit: Chopawamsic (Mount Athos Formation)
hrock_type: Quartzite,Marble,Schist
Structure: Ne-Sw Trend, James River Synclinorium
tectonic: Piedmont
Year first produced: 1885
disc_yr: 1885
References:
  • Deposit:: ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE JAMES RIVER-ROANOKE RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT, VIRGINIA, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1008, 155 P.
  • Deposit:: WATSON, T.L., 1907, MANGANESE OXIDES IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA, JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION COMMISSION, PP. 235-259.
  • Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., 1974, MINERAL-AND FOSSIL-COLLECTING LOCALITIES IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA MINERALS, VOL. 20, NO. 1, PP 1-8.
  • Deposit:: POOLE, J.L., 1974, NOTES ON SOME ABANDONED COPPER, LEAD, AND ZINC MINES IN THE PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA MINERALS, VOL. 20, NO. 2, PP. 9-16.
  • Production:: ESPENSHADE (1954)
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