Mine detail: Brinton Mine

Previously called 'United States Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.05701, -80.25561

Resource(M)

Primary: Arsenic
Secondary: Gold, Silver, Copper, Sulfur-Pyrite
Ore: Copper
Gangue: Apatite, Muscovite, Quartz, Zircon
Orebody form: POD/LENS
Discovery year: 1880

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1902

Geology

Host rock:Virginia Blue Ridge Complex
Host type:Schist
Structure:Blue Ridge Anticlinorium
Tectonic:Orogen

References

MRDSW031215
DEP10080132
Reference{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)}
ReporterBeaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.), Sweet, Palmer C.