Mine detail: Ann Eliza Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 36.82896, -80.74536

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc, Lead, Iron, Pig Iron, Arsenic
Ore: Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Cubanite, Cuprite, Galena, Goethite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Muscovite, Quartz
Orebody form: POD/LENS
Discovery year: 1861

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1855
Last production ended: 1860

Geology

Host rock:Lynchburg Group, Ashe Formation
Host type:Schist
Structure:Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Fries Thrust, 3 Phases Of Regional Deformation.
Alteration processes:Low Grade Regional Metamorphism (Almandine Garnet Zone)

References

MRDSW030840
DEP10106168
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:: HENRY, D.K., CRAIG, J.R., AND GILBERT, M.C., 1979, ORE MINERALOGY OF THE GREAT GOSSAN LEAD, VIRGINIA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 74, NO. 3, P. 645-656.}{Deposit:: STOSE, A.J., AND STOSE, G.W., 1957, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GOSSAN LEAD DISTRICT AND ADJACENT AREAS IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 72, 233 P.}{Deposit:: WRIGHT, R.J., AND RAMAN, N.D., 1948, THE GOSSAN LEAD, CARROLL COUNTY, VIRGINIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPT., 21 P.}{Deposit:: CONLEY, JAMES F., 1985, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA PIEDMONT: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 59, 33P.}{Deposit:: LUTTRELL, GWENDOLYN W., 1966, BASE AND PRECIOUS - METAL AND RELATED ORE DEPOSTIS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 7, 167P.}{Deposit:: 1855 DIREXPL MEIGS CO., TENN., & VA. MNG. CO.: OPENED MINE.}{Deposit:: 1911 RECON W.H. WEED: BULL 455.}{Deposit:: 1935 RECON C.S. ROSS: PROF. PAPER 179.}{Deposit:: 1939 GEOLMAP VA. GEOL. SURV: BULL. 72.}{Deposit:: 1948 RECON R.J. WRIGHT & N.D. RAMAN: OPEN-FILE REPORT}{Production:: CURREY (1859)}
ReporterMeintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.), Myers, Lesley L.