| Lat / long: | 38.06144, -77.88165 |
| Primary: | Sulfur-Pyrite, Iron |
| Secondary: | Copper |
| Tertiary: | Zinc, Lead |
| Ore: | Chalcopyrite, Copper, Cuprite, Galena, Goethite, Hematite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite |
| Gangue: | Actinolite, Allanite, Ankerite, Anthophyllite, Biotite, Calcite, Chloritoid, Clinozoisite, Epidote, Gahnite, Hornblende, Ilmenite, Kyanite, Muscovite, Plagioclase, Quartz, Serpentine, Staurolite, Talc, Tremolite, Zircon |
| Orebody form: | LENS-IRREGULAR |
| Discovery year: | 1834 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Medium |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| Production years: | PRE 1922 |
| First production started: | 1882 |
| Host rock: | Chopawamsic Formation |
| Host type: | Marble,Schist |
| Associated rock: | Chopawamsic Formation |
| Associated type: | Amphibolite |
| Structure: | Reg.Trends: Northeast-Southwest |
| Tectonic: | Eugeosncline (Piedmont) |
| Alteration processes: | High Temperature Low To Medium Grade Metamorphism. |
| MRDS | W000457 |
| DEP | 10067658 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966, VA. MIN. RES. REPORT 7, P. 125.}{Deposit:: WATSON, T.L., 1907, MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA, P. 201-202}{Deposit:: KATZ, A S, 1961, THE MINERALOGY OF THE SULPHUR MINE, MINERAL, VIRGINIA; INCLUDING A HISTORY OF THE PROPERTY: UNPUBLISHED M S THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, 104 P}{Deposit:: KINKEL, A R, JR, 1967, THE ORE KNOB COPPER DEPOSIT, NORTH CAROLINA, AND OTHER MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSITS OF THE APPALACHIANS: U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 558, 58 P.}{Deposit:: POOLE, J.L., 1973, IRON SULFIDE MINES IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES VIRGINIA MINERALS, VOL. 19, NO. 3, P. 29-33.}{Deposit:: 1834 DIREXPL MR MAYBERRY: ERECTED VICTORIA FURNACE IN 1840. 1834 WAS FIRST IRON PRODUCTION}{Deposit:: 1882 DIREXPL SULPHUR MINES CO OF VA: COMMENCED MINING OF PYRITE}{Deposit:: 1920 OTHER SULPHUR MINING RAILROAD CO: MI NE ABANDONED}{Production:: KATZ (1961), GAIR (1978)} |
| Reporter | Wright, Nancy A., Sweet, Palmer C. |