Mine detail: Stony Point Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.11894, -78.34416

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Sulfur-Pyrite, Gold, Silver
Ore: Malachite, Pyrite
Gangue: Hematite, Quartz, Sericite, Siderite
Discovery year: 1878

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1885
Last production ended: 1990

Geology

Host rock:Swift Run Formation
Host type:Schist
Structure:Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, A Fault Trending Nw-Se Lies About 152 M 1500 Ft) Ne Of The Mine
Tectonic:Piedmont
Alteration processes:Oxidation Of Chalcopyrite To Goethite

References

MRDSW031220
DEP10080134
Reference{Deposit:: LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966, BASE-AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED ORE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 7, 167 P.}{Deposit:: NELSON, W.A., 1962, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 77, 92 P.}{Deposit:: WATSON, T.L., 1907, MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VA., J.P. BELL CO., 618 P.}{Deposit:: WEED, W.H., 1911, COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE APPALACHIAN STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULLETIN 455, 166 P.}{Deposit:: TAZELAAR, J.F., 1958, A GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY OF STONY POINT, VIRGINIA, IRON-COPPER DEPOSIT: UNPUBLISHED M.A. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.}{Deposit:: 1885 DIREXPL MAJOR MASON: WORKED THE GOSSAN UNTIL 1890, SHIPPED 2500 CARLOADS OF ORE, BUT STOPPED WORKINGS DUE TO HIGH SILICA, AND INCREASING CHALCOPYRITE CONTENT MADE THE ORE UNSUITABLE FOR SMELTING (WEED, 1911)}{Production:: WEED (1911)}
ReporterBeaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.), Sweet, Palmer C.