Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlDike (?)
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite
GangueHornblende, Mica, Quartz
Geology
Host rockGneiss · Hornblende Gneiss;Lynchburg Formation
Associated rockGneiss · Hornblende Gneiss
StructureNe-Sw, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium
Tectonic settingOrogen
AlterationMetamorphosed
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1900
Identification
Deposit ID10079991
MRDS IDW030864
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.7834, -80.58313
References
FONTAINE, W.M., 1883-84, NOTES ON THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF FLOYD, VA., PLATEAU: THE VIRGINIAS, V. 4, P. 167, 178-180, 185-192; V. 5, P. 8-12.ESPENSHADE, G.H., RANKIN, D.W., SHAW, K.W., AND NEUMAN, R.B., 1975, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE EAST HALF OF WINSTON-SALEM QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA-VIRGINIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-709-B, 1 SHEET, SCALE 1: 250,000.DIREXPL INITIAL PROSPECTINFONTAINE (1884, P. 11).