Commodities
PrimaryArsenic
SecondaryGold, Silver, Copper, Sulfur-Pyrite
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Model273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formPOD/LENS
Materials
Ore mineralsCopper
GangueApatite, Muscovite, Quartz, Zircon
Geology
Host rockSchist · Virginia Blue Ridge Complex
StructureBlue Ridge Anticlinorium
Tectonic settingOrogen
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1902
Discovery year1880
Identification
Deposit ID10080132
MRDS IDW031215
Alternate namesUnited States Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.05701, -80.25561
References
SWEET, P.C. AND BELL, S.C., 1980, METALLIC MINERALIZATION IN THE BLUE RIDGE PROVINCE OF VIRGINIA, IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO VIRGINIA GEOLOGY - IV: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 27, P. 39-52.HESS, F.L., 1911, THE ARSENIC DEPOSITS OF BRINTON, VIRGINIA; U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 470, P. 205-211.DIETRICH, R.V., 1959, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF FLOYD COUNTY OF THE BLUE RIDGE SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION SERIES, BULLETIN NO. 134.FONTAINE, W.M., 1882, NOTES ON VIRGINIA GEOLOGY: THE VIRGINIAS, V. 3, NO. 7, P. 108-109.1902 DIREXPL U.S. ARSENIC MINES COMPANY; MUCH ORE PROCESSED.1917 DIREXPL CHIPMAN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING CORPORATION OF BOUND BROOK, NEW JERSEY; DISMANTLED PLANT IN 1919.1978 RECON VA. DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES; SITE INSPECTEDDIETRICH (1959)