Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite
GangueFeldspar, Quartz
Geology
Host rockRhyolite · Mount Rogers Formation
Associated rockRhyolite · Mount Rogers Formation
StructureBlue Ridge Anticlinorium, Stone Mountain Fault
Tectonic settingOrogen
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1907
Identification
Deposit ID10080018
MRDS IDW030898
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.68341, -81.43315
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.WATSON, T.L., 1907, MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VA., J.P. BELL CO., 618 P.RANKIN, D.W., ESPENSHADE, G.H., AND NEUMAN, R.B., 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WEST HALF OF THE WINSTON-SALEM QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA, VIRGINIA, AND TENNESSEE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-709-A, 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:250,000.1978 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES., UNABLE TO LOCATE