| Location: | Buckingham County, Virginia, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 37.68005, -78.30805 |
| dep_id: | 10096528 |
| mrds_id: | W028993 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Zinc, Copper |
| Minor mineral: | Lead, Gold, Silver, Sulfur-Pyrite, Iron, Pig Iron |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | No production occurred |
| Development status: | Occurrence |
| gangue: | Garnet, Hornblende, Quartz |
| orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR, POD/LENS |
| work_type: | Surface/Underground |
| model: | 184: Massive sulfide, kuroko |
| ore_ctrl: | Shear Zone, Schistosity |
| Reporter: | Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.), Trimble, David C. |
| hrock_unit: | Chopawamsic Formation;Hatcher Complex;Arvonia Formation |
| hrock_type: | Schist |
| Structure: | Arvonia Syncline, Ne-Sw Trend |
| tectonic: | Piedmont |
| disc_yr: | 1895 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 19, 77 P.
- Deposit:: TABER, S., 1913, GEOLOGY OF THE GOLD BELT IN THE JAMES RIVER BASIN, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 7, 271 P.
- Deposit:: BARNES, R.C., 1963, GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATION OF SULFIDE DEPOSITS NEAR NEW CANTON, VIRGINIA: UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA UNPUBLISHED M. S. THESIS.
- Deposit:: BROWN, W.R., 1969, GEOLOGY OF THE DILLWYN QUADRANGLE, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 10, 77 P.
- Deposit:: 1890 DIREXPL SHAFT SUNK
- Deposit:: 1955 DIREXPL VIRGINIA MINING CORP., DIAMOND DRILLING
- Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES., RELOCATED MINE
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