Mine detail: Arminius Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.03475, -77.89691

Resource(B)

Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Sulfur, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid
Tertiary: Copper, Lead, Silver
Other material: Barite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Sphalerite
Discovery year: 1830

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Prospect
First production started: 1840

Geology

References

MRDSW000459
MAS511090049
DEP10155420
Reference{Deposit:: *BOYLE, W.H. REPORT ON THE ARMINIUS MINES AT MINERAL,}{Deposit:: VIRGINIA. THE NEW JERSEY ZINC CO. SEPTEMBER 21,}{Deposit:: 1951, 12 PP.}{Deposit:: CALLAHAN MINING CORPORATION LETTER OF CORRESPONDENCE TO}{Deposit:: R.C. BOWYER. SEPT. 8, 1980, P. 1,}{Deposit:: PLUS ENCLOSURES, 2 PP.}{Deposit:: HOOVER, A. SHRINKAGE STOPING. SME MINING ENGINEERING}{Deposit:: HANDBOOK, VOL. 1, CHAPTER 12, 1973, PP. 135 - 140.}{Deposit:: *KAZDA. R.F., AND R.W. HOOVER. ARMINIUS MINE, LOUISA}{Deposit:: COUNTY, VIRGINIA. CALLAHAN MINING CORPORATION, JUNE}{Deposit:: 1978, 20 PP.}{Deposit:: *LAKE, J.L. PROCESS FOR RECOVERY OF ZINC SULFATE,}{Deposit:: SULFURIC ACID, LIQUID SO2, AND CATHODE COPPER FROM}{Deposit:: ARMINIUS MINE ORE. CALLAHAN MINING CORPORATION,}{Deposit:: NOVEMBER 1, 1978, 51 PP.}{Deposit:: LONSDALE, J.T. GEOLOGY OF THE GOLD-PYRITE BELT OF THE}{Deposit:: NORTHEAST PIEDMONT, VIRGINIA. VIRGINIA GEOL. SURV.}{Deposit:: BULL. 30, 1927, 110 PP.}{Deposit:: NASON, F.L. ORIGIN OF THE IRON PYRITE DEPOSITS IN LOUISA}{Deposit:: COUNTY, VIRGINIA: THE ENGINEERING AND MINERAL}{Deposit:: JOURNAL. 1894. PP. 414 - 416.}{Deposit:: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, VIRGINIA MINERALS,}{Deposit:: V. 22, NO. 2, JAMES L. CLEAVER, COMMISSIONER,}{Deposit:: MAY 1976, P. 23.}{Deposit:: *COMPANY REPORTS CAN BE OBTAINED FROM CALLAHAN MINING}{Deposit:: CORPORATION.}
ReporterWeaver, M.A.