Mine detail: Wildcat #2 Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 36.80118, -80.78591

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc, Lead, Iron, Iron, Pig Iron
Ore: Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Muscovite, Quartz
Orebody form: POD/LENS
Discovery year: 1861

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Lynchburg Group, Ashe Formation
Host type:Schist
Structure:Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Fries Thrust, 3 Phases Of Regional Deformation
Tectonic:Orogen
Alteration processes:Low Grade Regional Metamorphism (Garnet Grade)

References

MRDSW055386
DEP10082544
Reference{Deposit:: CONLEY, J.F., 1985, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA PIEDMONT; VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 59, 33P.}{Deposit:: CURREY, R.O., 1859, A GEOLOGICAL VISIT TO THE VIRGINIA COPPER REGION; KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE, BECKETT, HAWS AND CO., REPRINTED IN PART UNDER COPPER AND IRON REGION OF THE FLOYD-CARROLL-GRAYSON PLATEAU OF THE BLUE RIDGE IN VIRGINIA, ETC.: THE VIRGINIAS, 1880, VOLUME 1, P.62-64, 69-71, 74-77, 80-81, 95.}{Deposit:: WEED, W.H., 1911, COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE APPALACHIAN STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 455, 166P.}{Deposit:: WRIGHT, R.J., AND RAMAN, R.D., 1948, THE GOSSAN LEAD, CARROLL COUNTY, VIRGINIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT, 21P.}
ReporterMyers, Lesley L (Sweet, Palmer C)