| Lat / long: | 37.56145, -78.96835 |
| Primary: | Copper |
| Ore: | Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Malachite |
| Gangue: | Actinolite, Chalcedony, Chlorite, Olivine, Pyroxene, Quartz, Talc, Tremolite |
| Orebody form: | LENS/STRINGERS, IRREGULAR |
| Discovery year: | 1775 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| First production started: | 1775 |
| Host rock: | Metaperidotite Dike;Lynchburg Formation |
| Host type: | Peridotite |
| Associated rock: | Metaperidotite Dike |
| Associated type: | Peridotite |
| Structure: | Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Espenshade (1954) Mapped A Major Reverse Fault To The East Between Lynchburg And Candler Formations., High Angle Faulting (?) |
| Tectonic: | Piedmont |
| Alteration processes: | Peridotite Altered To Soapstone |
| MRDS | W030838 |
| DEP | 10079969 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE JAMES RIVER-ROANOKE RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT, VIRGINIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1008, 155 P.}{Deposit:: FURCRON, A.S., 1935, JAMES RIVER IRON AND MARBLE BELT, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 39, 121 P.}{Deposit:: LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966, BASE-AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED ORE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 7, 167 P.}{Deposit:: THE VIRGINIAS, 1880, COPPER: V. 1, NO. 12, P. 193.}{Deposit:: 1765 DIREXPL COL. CHISWELL: MINED DEPOSITS}{Deposit:: 1875 DIREXPL THOMAS DUNLAP: MINED DEPOSITS}{Deposit:: 1925 GEOLMAP VA. GEOL. SURV: AREA MAPPED}{Deposit:: 1940 GEOLMAP G.H. ESPENSHADE: BULLETIN 1008.}{Production:: THE VIRGINIAS (1880)} |
| Reporter | Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) |