Commodities
PrimaryIron, Copper
SecondaryIron, Pig Iron, Sulfur-Pyrite
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model91: Massive sulfide, Besshi (Japanese deposits)
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formPOD/LENS ()
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
GangueBiotite, Chlorite, Garnet, Hornblende, Quartz
Geology
Host rockHornblendite,Schist · Lynchburg Formation
StructureBlue Ridge Anticlinorium
Tectonic settingOrogen
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1859
Identification
Deposit ID10080009
MRDS IDW030887
Alternate namesOld Copper Mine, Weddle Prospect
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.7984, -80.39451
References
SWEET, P.C. AND BELL, S.C., 1980, METALLIC MINERALIZATION IN THE BLUE RIDGE PROVINCE OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES: IN PREPARATIONDIETRICH, R.V., 1959, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF FLOYD COUNTY OF THE BLUE RIDGE UPLAND, SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION SERIES, BULLETIN NO. 134, 160 P.1859 DIREXPL1940 DIREXPL C.W. THOMPSON, MINE REOPENED1978 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES., SHAFT FILLED IN