Mine detail: Faber Mine

Previously called 'Albemarle Zinc and Lead Co. Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.83727, -78.70584

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Zinc
Secondary:	Silver
Tertiary:	Iron, Copper, Sulfur-Pyrite, Iron, Pig Iron
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Magnetite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Antimony, Arsenic, Calcite, Fluorite, Kaolinite, Pyromorphite, Quartz
Orebody form:	POD/LENS, PINCH AND SWELL
Other material:	Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Discovery year:	1849

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1861

Geology

Host rock:	Lynchburg Formation
Host type:	Diorite,Diabase,Schist,Arkose
Structure:	Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Ne-Sw Trend
Tectonic:	Piedmont
Alteration processes:	Hydrothermal Replacement

References

MRDS	W031302
DEP	10106189
Reference	{Deposit:: NELSON, W.A., 1962, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, BULLETIN 77, 92 P.}{Deposit:: WATSON, T.L., 1905, LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1, 156 P.}{Deposit:: GIANNINI, W. F., 1959, A STUDY OF THE LEAD-ZINC DEPOSIT NEAR FABER, VIRGINIA: UNPUBLISHED M.S. THESIS, NO. 2326, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.}{Deposit:: ROBERTS, J.K., 1942 ANNOTATED GEOLOGICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF VIRGINIA: CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA., THE DIETZ PRESS, 693 P.}{Deposit:: CURRIER, L.W., 1935, ZINC AND LEAD REGION OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA: VGS BULL 43, P. 89-91.}{Deposit:: 1906 DIREXPL ALBEMARLE LEAD AND ZINC CO.: BUILT 80-TON/DAY MILL}{Deposit:: 1915 DIREXPL ATLANTIC LEAD AND ZINC CO: ERECTED 100 T. MILL; OPERATED UNTIL 1919.}
Reporter	Beaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.), Sweet, Palmer C.