Mine detail: Whitmore Mine

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Location: Carroll County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.70008, -80.63313
dep_id: 10100232
mrds_id: W030868
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Trace mineral: Sulfur-Pyrite, Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Goethite, Pyrite
gangue: Garnet, Hornblende, Muscovite
model: 91: Massive sulfide, Besshi (Japanese deposits)
conc_proc: Supergene Enrichment Of Copper Ores.
Reporter: Meintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.)
hrock_unit: Lynchburg Formation
hrock_type: Hornblendite,Schist
Structure: Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium
tectonic: Orogen
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1861
References:
  • Deposit:: CURREY, R.O., 1859, A GEOLOGICAL VISIT TO THE VIRGINIA COPPER REGION: KNOXVILLE, TENN., 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, V. 1, P. 62-64, 69-71, 74-77, 80-81, 95.
  • 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:: DIREXPL MINE OPENED
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