Commodities
PrimarySulfur-Pyrite
SecondaryCopper, Iron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model197: Sediment-hosted Cu
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlPilot Mountain-Fishers View Thrust Fault
Materials
Ore mineralsGoethite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockShale,Sandstone
StructureNe-Sw Trend, Pilot Mountain-Fishers View Thrust Fault (Holston Mountain Fault), Fries Fault, Pilot Mountain Anticline
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1952
Identification
Deposit ID10089766
MRDS IDW031204
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.99368, -80.53173
References
DIETRICH, R.V., 1954, GEOLOGY OF THE PILOT MOUNTAIN AREA, VIRGINIA: BULLETIN OF THE VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION SERIES NO. 91, V. 47, NO. 4, 32 P.ESPENSHADE, G.H., RANKIN, D.W., SHAW, K.W., AND NEUMAN, R.B., 1975, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE EAST HALF OF THE WINSTON-SALEM QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA-VIRGINIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-709-B, 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:250,000.1953 GEOLMAP VA. ENG. EXP. STA: SERIES NO. 91.1971 GEOLMAP D.W. RANKIN: MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-709-B