Mine detail: Bear Bed Prospect

Previously called 'Laurel Prospect'

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Location

Lat / long: 36.82618, -80.36007

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron, Sulfur-Pyrite
Secondary: Copper, Iron, Pig Iron
Ore: Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Hornblende
Discovery year: 1880

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Lynchburg Formation
Host type:Schist
Structure:Blue Ridge Anticlinorium
Tectonic:Orogen

References

MRDSW030886
DEP10093814
Reference{Deposit:: SWEET, P.C. AND BELL, S.C., 1980, METALLIC MINERALIZATION IN THE BLUE RIDGE PROVINCE OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, IN PREPARATION}{Deposit:: CURREY, R.O., 1880, THE COPPER AND IRON REGION OF THE FLOYD-CARROLL-GRAYSON PLATEAU OF THE BLUE RIDGE IN VIRGINIA: THE VIRGINIAS, V. 1, P. 80-81}{Deposit:: DIETRICH, R.V., 1959, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF FLOYD COUNTY OF THE BLUE RIDGE UPLAND, SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION SERIES, BULLETIN NO. 134, 160 P.}{Deposit:: 1978 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES., PROBABLE AREA DETERMINED}
ReporterMeintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.)