Mine detail: Dorothy Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

36.59007, -78.79474

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcocite
Gangue:	Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1907

Geology

Host rock:	Aaron Formation (Middle Member)
Host type:	Greenstone
Associated rock:	Aaron Formation (Middle Member)
Associated type:	Meta-Basalt
Structure:	Virgilina Synclinorium, Schistosity South Of Pits Strikes N 8 Deg. E. 9 M West, 20-Cm-Wide Vein Of Quartz Has N-S Strike.
Tectonic:	Piedmont

References

MRDS	W030907
DEP	10100233
Reference	{Deposit:: LANEY, F.B., 1917, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE VIRGILINA DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 14, 176 P.}{Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., 1979, ABANDONED COPPER MINES AND PROSPECTS IN THE VIRGILINA DISTRICT, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA MINERALS, V. 22, NO. 3, P. 25-34.}{Deposit:: WATSON, T.L., 1907, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA, J.P. BELL CO., 618 P.}{Deposit:: KREISA, R.D., 1980, GEOLOGY OF OMEGA, SOUTH BOSTON, CLUSTER SPRINGS, AND VIRGILINA QUADRANGLES, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 5, 22 P.}{Deposit:: 1976 RECON VA. DIV. MIN RES.: INSPECTED SITE.}{Deposit:: DIREXPL TWO SHAFTS SUNK, ORE SHIPPED.}{Production:: WATSON (1907)}
Reporter	Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.)