Mine detail: Cofer

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.05035, -77.87721

Resource(B)

Primary: Sulfur, Zinc, Copper
Tertiary: Sulfur-Pyrite, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid
Other material: Arsenopyrite, Bismuth, Chalcopyrite, Electrum, Galena, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Sericite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Discovery year: 1965

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Prospect

Geology

References

MRDSw031306
MAS511090051
DEP10300823
Reference{Deposit:: CALLAHAN MINING CORPORATION LETTER OF CORRESPONDENCE TO}{Deposit:: R.C. BOWYER. SEPT. 8, 1980, P. 1,}{Deposit:: PLUS ENCLOSURES, 2 PP.}{Deposit:: CRAIG, J.R., J.W. MILLER, AND D.K. HENRY. COMPARISON}{Deposit:: OF MASSIVE SULFIDE MINERALOGY AT GOSSAN LEAD WITH THE}{Deposit:: COFER PROPERTY, LOUISA COUNTY, VIRGINIA. (ABSTR.):}{Deposit:: VIRGINIA MINERALS, V. 23, 1974, P. 28.}{Deposit:: HOOVER, A. SHRINKAGE STOPING. SME MINING ENGINEERING}{Deposit:: HANDBOOK, VOL. 1, CHAPTER 12, 1973, PP. 135 - 140.}{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:: MILLER, J.W. THE ORE MINERALOGY OF THE COFER PROPERTY,}{Deposit:: LOUISA COUNTY, VIRGINIA, A VOLCANOGENIC MASSIVE}{Deposit:: SULFIDE DEPOSIT. M.S. DISSERTATION, VIRGINIA}{Deposit:: POLYTECH. INST. AND STATE UNIV., 1978, PP. 1 - 10.}{Deposit:: RYMPH, W.F. THE PETROGRAPHY OF THE HOST ROCK SEQUENCE}{Deposit:: OF THE COFER DEPOSIT, MINERAL, VIRGINIA. B.S. PAPER,}{Deposit:: UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO, 1977, 59 PP.}{Deposit:: *COMPANY REPORTS CAN BE OBTAINED FROM CALLAHAN MINING}{Deposit:: CORPORATION.}
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