| Location: | Floyd County, Virginia, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 37.05701, -80.25561 |
| dep_id: | 10080132 |
| mrds_id: | W031215 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Arsenic |
| Minor mineral: | Gold, Silver, Copper, Sulfur-Pyrite |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Vein |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Copper |
| gangue: | Apatite, Muscovite, Quartz, Zircon |
| orebody_fm: | POD/LENS |
| work_type: | Surface/Underground |
| model: | 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
| Reporter: | Beaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.), Sweet, Palmer C. |
| hrock_unit: | Virginia Blue Ridge Complex |
| hrock_type: | Schist |
| Structure: | Blue Ridge Anticlinorium |
| tectonic: | Orogen |
| Year first produced: | 1902 |
| disc_yr: | 1880 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: SWEET, P.C. AND BELL, S.C., 1980, METALLIC MINERALIZATION IN THE BLUE RIDGE PROVINCE OF VIRGINIA, IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO VIRGINIA GEOLOGY - IV: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 27, P. 39-52.
- Deposit:: HESS, F.L., 1911, THE ARSENIC DEPOSITS OF BRINTON, VIRGINIA; U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 470, P. 205-211.
- Deposit:: DIETRICH, R.V., 1959, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF FLOYD COUNTY OF THE BLUE RIDGE SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION SERIES, BULLETIN NO. 134.
- Deposit:: FONTAINE, W.M., 1882, NOTES ON VIRGINIA GEOLOGY: THE VIRGINIAS, V. 3, NO. 7, P. 108-109.
- Deposit:: 1902 DIREXPL U.S. ARSENIC MINES COMPANY; MUCH ORE PROCESSED.
- Deposit:: 1917 DIREXPL CHIPMAN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING CORPORATION OF BOUND BROOK, NEW JERSEY; DISMANTLED PLANT IN 1919.
- Deposit:: 1978 RECON VA. DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES; SITE INSPECTED
- Production:: DIETRICH (1959)
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