Mine detail: Whitmore Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 36.70008, -80.63313

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Sulfur-Pyrite, Iron
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Goethite, Pyrite
Gangue: Garnet, Hornblende, Muscovite
Discovery year: 1861

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Lynchburg Formation
Host type:Hornblendite,Schist
Structure:Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium
Tectonic:Orogen

References

MRDSW030868
DEP10100232
Reference{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}
ReporterMeintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.)