Mine detail: Sugar Run Prospect

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Location: Floyd County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.10035, -80.19339
dep_id: 10080130
mrds_id: W031213
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Nickel
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Pentlandite
work_type: Underground
Reporter: Beaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.)
hrock_unit: Little River Gneiss;Blue Ridge Complex
hrock_type: Gneiss
Structure: Blue Ridge Anticlinorium
tectonic: Orogen
disc_yr: 1902
References:
  • Deposit:: SWEET, P.C. AND BELL, S.C., 1980 METALLIC MINERALIZATION IN THE BLUE RIDGE PROVINCE OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, IN PREPARATION.
  • Deposit:: DIETRICH, R.V., 1959, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF FLOYD COUNTY OF THE BLUE RIDGE UPLAND, SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION SERIES, BULLETIN 134, 160 P.
  • Deposit:: 1902 DIREXPL VIRGINIA NICKEL CORPORATION: PROSPECTED SITE
  • Deposit:: 1972 RECON VA. DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES; SITE INSPECTED
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