Commodities
PrimarySulfur-Pyrite
SecondaryCopper, Lead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Malachite, Pyrite
GangueLimonite, Mica, Quartz
Geology
Host rockSchist · Lynchburg Formation
StructureBlue Ridge Anticlinorium
Tectonic settingOrogen
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
First production1830
Identification
Deposit ID10080011
MRDS IDW030890
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.92118, -80.27479
References
SWEET, P.C. AND BELL, S.C., 1980 METALLIC MINERALIZATION IN THE BLUE RIDGE PROVINCE OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, IN PREPARATION.FONTAINE, W.M., 1883, NOTES ON THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE FLOYD, VIRGINIA, PLATEAU: THE VIRGINIAS, V. 4, P. 167, 178-180, 185-192; V. 5, P. 8-12.1830 DIREXPL EXCAVATED DEEP OPEN CUT.1978 RECON VA. DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES: SITE INSPECTED.