Commodities
PrimaryNickel
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsUnderground
Geology
Host rockGneiss · Little River Gneiss;Blue Ridge Complex
StructureBlue Ridge Anticlinorium
Tectonic settingOrogen
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1902
Identification
Deposit ID10080130
MRDS IDW031213
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates37.10035, -80.19339
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.DIETRICH, 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 134, 160 P.1902 DIREXPL VIRGINIA NICKEL CORPORATION: PROSPECTED SITE1972 RECON VA. DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES; SITE INSPECTED