Mine detail: Cranberry Copper Mine

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Location

Lat / long: 36.80313, -80.78424

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron, Pig Iron, Arsenic, Zinc, Lead
Ore: Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Cubanite, Cuprite, Galena, Goethite, Malachite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Actinolite, Biotite, Chlorite, Dolomite, Garnet, Muscovite, Oligoclase, Quartz
Orebody form: POD/LENS
Discovery year: 1861

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1854

Geology

Host rock:Lynchburg Group, Ashe Formation
Host type:Schist,Gneiss,Amphibolite
Structure:Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Fries Thrust, 3 Phases Of Deformation Regionally
Tectonic:Orogen
Alteration processes:Low Grade Regional Metamorphism (Almandine Garney Grade)

References

MRDSW030849
DEP10106169
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:: ROSS, C.S., 1935, ORIGIN OF THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE DUCKTOWN TYPE IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 179, 165 P.}{Deposit:: WEED, W.H., 1911, COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE APPALACHIAN STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 455, 166 P.}{Deposit:: WATSON, T.L., 1907, MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VA., J. P. BELL CO., 618 P.}{Deposit:: CONLEY, J.F., 1985, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA PIEDMONT: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 59, 33P.}{Deposit:: CRAIG, J.R., HENRY, DONALD K., AND GILBERT, CHARLES, 1978, THE GREAT GOSSAN LEAD IN GAIR, J.E., ED., MASSIVE SULFIDES OF VIRGINIA FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOK: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT 78-1068, P.57-84.}{Deposit:: WRIGHT, R.J., AND RAMAN, N.D., 1948, THE GOSSAN LEAD, CARROLL COUNTY, VIRGINIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT, 19 P.}{Deposit:: 1854 DIREXPL TENNESSEE VIRGINIA MINING CO.: PRODUCTION BEGUN}{Deposit:: 1893 DIREXPL E.C. MOXHAM: O PERATED MINE}{Deposit:: 1902 DIREXPL VA. IRON, COAL COKE CO.: DRILLED EXPLORATORY HOLE .}{Deposit:: 1911 RECON W.H. WEED: BULL. 455. }1935 RECON C.S. ROSS: PROF. PAPER 179 }1948 RECON R.J. WRIGHT AND N.D. RAMAN: OPEN-FILE REPORT}{Production:: CURREY (1859), WEED (1911)}
ReporterMeintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.), Myers, Lesley L.