Mine detail: Little River Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 36.99368, -80.53173

Resource(M)

Primary: Sulfur-Pyrite
Secondary: Copper, Iron
Ore: Goethite, Pyrite
Discovery year: 1952

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Shale,Sandstone
Structure:Ne-Sw Trend, Pilot Mountain-Fishers View Thrust Fault (Holston Mountain Fault), Fries Fault, Pilot Mountain Anticline

References

MRDSW031204
DEP10089766
Reference{Deposit:: DIETRICH, R.V., 1954, GEOLOGY OF THE PILOT MOUNTAIN AREA, VIRGINIA: BULLETIN OF THE VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION SERIES NO. 91, V. 47, NO. 4, 32 P.}{Deposit:: ESPENSHADE, G.H., RANKIN, D.W., SHAW, K.W., AND NEUMAN, R.B., 1975, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE EAST HALF OF THE WINSTON-SALEM QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA-VIRGINIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-709-B, 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: 1953 GEOLMAP VA. ENG. EXP. STA: SERIES NO. 91.}{Deposit:: 1971 GEOLMAP D.W. RANKIN: MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-709-B}
ReporterMeintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.)