Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formLENS
Ore controlIn Quartz Lenses And Stringers Within Marble
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla
GangueChlorite, Hematite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockMarble,Schist · Candler Formation
StructureJames River Synclinorium
Tectonic settingPiedmont
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1776
Discovery year1776
Identification
Deposit ID10079970
MRDS IDW030839
Alternate namesWreck Island Creek Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.49145, -78.88641
References
FURCRON, A.S., 1935, JAMES RIVER IRON AND MARBLE BELT, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 39, 124 P.ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE JAMES RIVER-ROANOKE RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT, VIRGINIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1008, 155 P.POOLE, J.L., 1974, NOTES ON SOME ABANDONED COPPER, LEAD, AND ZINC MINES IN THE PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA MINERALS V. 20, NO. 2 PP. 9-16.LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966, BASE-AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED ORE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 7, 167 P.1974 RECON VA. DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES; INSPECTED SITEDIREXPL PRE-REVOLUTIONARY WAR; COPPER ORE SHIPPED TO SMELTER NEARBY.