Mine detail: Sugar Run Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 37.10035, -80.19339

Resource(M)

Primary: Nickel
Ore: Pentlandite
Discovery year: 1902

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Little River Gneiss;Blue Ridge Complex
Host type:Gneiss
Structure:Blue Ridge Anticlinorium
Tectonic:Orogen

References

MRDSW031213
DEP10080130
Reference{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}
ReporterBeaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.)