Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formTABULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Copper
GangueEpidote, Feldspar, Hornblende, Quartz
Geology
Host rockGneiss · Hornblende Gneiss;Lynchburg Formation
Associated rockGneiss · Hornblende Gneiss
StructureNe-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium
Tectonic settingOrogen
AlterationMetamorphosed
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1900
Identification
Deposit ID10079980
MRDS IDW030852
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.75008, -80.6998
References
BOYD, C.R., 1880, MINERAL WEALTH OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA: AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING ENGINEERS TRANSACTIONS, V. 8, P. 338-348.BOYD, C.R., 1881, RESOURCES OF SOUTH-WEST VIRGINIA: NEW YORK, JOHN WILEY & SONS, 321 P.ESPENSHADE, G.H., RANKIN, D.W., SHAW, K.W., AND NEUMAN, R.B.: 1975, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE EAST HALF OF THE WINSTON-SALEM QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA-VIRGINIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-709-B, SCALE 1:250,000.STOSE, A.J., AND STOSE, G.W., 1957, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GOSSAN LEAD DISTRICT AND ADJACENT AREAS IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 72, 233 P.1880 DIREXPL POSSIBLE PROSPECTING WORK.1970 RECON K.W. SHAW: RECON GEOLOGIC MAPPING (I-709-B)