Commodities
PrimaryCopper
TertiarySulfur-Pyrite
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formTABULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Copper, Pyrite
GangueEpidote, Hornblende, Magnetite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockAmphibole Schist · Hornblende Gneiss;Lynchburg Formation
Associated rockAmphibole Schist · Hornblende Gneiss
StructureNe-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium
Tectonic settingOrogen
AlterationMetamorphosed
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1854
Discovery year1861
Identification
Deposit ID10079994
MRDS IDW030867
Alternate namesSutphin Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates36.80007, -80.58313
References
CURREY, R.O., 1859, A GEOLOGICAL VISIT TO THE VIRGINIA COPPER REGION: KNOXVILLE, TENN., BECKETT, HAWS AND CO.; REPRINTED IN PART UNDER COPPER AND IRON REGION OF THE FLOYD-CARROLL-GRAYSON PLATEAU OF THE BLUE RIDGE IN VIRGINIA, ETC.: THE VIRGINIAS, 1880, V. 1, P. 62-64, 69-71, 74-77, 80-81, 95.FONTAINE, W.M., 1883-84, NOTES ON THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE FLOYD, VA., PLATEAU: THE VIRGINIAS, V. 4, P. 167, 178-180, 185-192; V. 5, P. 8-12.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.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 MAP I-709-B, 1 SHEET, SCALE 1: 250,000.1834 DIREXPL MEIGS CO., TENN., & VA. MINING CO.: OPENED MINE1911 RECON W.H. WEED: BULL. 455.1935 RECON C.S. ROSS: PROF. PAPER 179.1948 RECON R.J. WRIGHT & N.D. RAMAN: OPEN-FILE REPORT.CURREY (1859)