Mine detail: Vest Prospect

Previously called 'C.W. Vest MineHemlock Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.06618, -80.23339

Resource(M)

Primary: Nickel
Secondary: Gold, Cobalt, Arsenic, Sulfur-Pyrite
Ore: Pentlandite, Pyrite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR, POD/LENS
Discovery year: 1924

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Virginia Blue Ridge Complex
Host type:Mica Schist
Structure:Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Fries Fault
Tectonic:Orogen

References

MRDSW031214
DEP10080131
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:: GROSH, W.A., 1949, INVESTIGATION OF VEST NICKEL PROSPECT, FLOYD COUNTY, VA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 4491, 4 P.}{Deposit:: GROSH, W.A., 1949,INVESTIGATION OF VEST NICKEL PROSPECT, FLOYD COUNTY, VIRGINIA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 4491, 4 P.}{Deposit:: 1936 DIREXPL C.H. THOMPSON, HOLLINS, VA, PUT DOWN 4 CHURN-DRILL HOLES}{Deposit:: 1944 DIREXPL USBM, COMPLETED REPORT}{Deposit:: 1972 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES, LOCATED MINE}
ReporterMeintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.)