Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Copper, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid
TertiarySulfur-Pyrite
Commodity typeB
Materials
Other materialsChalcopyrite, Galena, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Sericite, Sphalerite
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Discovery year1834
Identification
Deposit ID10276910
MRDS IDW000472
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.0089, -77.9278
References
CALLAHAN MINING CORPORATION LETTER OF CORRESPONDENCE TOR.C. BOWYER. SEPT. 8, 1980, P. 1,PLUS ENCLOSURES, 2 PP.CURRIER, L.W. ZINC AND LEAD REGION OF SOUTHWESTERNVIRGINIA. VA. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 43, 1935, 122 PP.HOOVER, A. SHRINKAGE STOPING. SME MINING ENGINEERINGHANDBOOK, VOL. 1, CHAPTER 12, 1973, PP. 135 - 140.*KAZDA. R.F., AND R.W. HOOVER. ARMINIUS MINE, LOUISACOUNTY, VIRGINIA. CALLAHAN MINING CORPORATION, JUNE1978, 20 PP.*LAKE, J.L. PROCESS FOR RECOVERY OF ZINC SULFATE,SULFURIC ACID, LIQUID SO2, AND CATHODE COPPER FROMARMINIUS MINE ORE. CALLAHAN MINING CORPORATION,NOVEMBER 1, 1978, 51 PP.LONSDALE, J.T. GEOLOGY OF THE GOLD-PYRITE BELT OF THENORTHEAST PIEDMONT, VIRGINIA. VIRGINIA GEOL. SURV.BULL. 30, 1927, 110 PP.*NEWBERG, D.W. CALCULATION OF ORE RESERVES, JULIAMINE AREA, LOUISA COUNTY, VIRGINIA. NEW JERSEYZINC COMPANY, JANUARY 1967, 11 PP.VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, VIRGINIA MINERALS,V. 22, NO. 2, JAMES L. CLEAVER, COMMISSIONER,MAY 1976, P. 23.*WEINBERG, E.L. REPORT OF EXPLORATION OF THE JULIAZINC COMPANY, JUNE 1958, 10 PP.*COMPANY REPORTS CAN BE OBTAINED FROM CALLAHAN MININGCORPORATION.