| Lat / long: | 36.74813, -78.68363 |
| Primary: | Copper |
| Secondary: | Silver, Gold |
| Ore: | Bornite, Chalcocite, Malachite |
| Gangue: | Calcite, Epidote, Quartz |
| Orebody form: | LENS |
| Discovery year: | 1700 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | None |
| Development status: | Occurrence |
| Host rock: | Aaron Formation (Middle Member) |
| Host type: | Greenstone |
| Associated rock: | Aaron Formation (Middle Member) |
| Associated type: | Meta-Basalt |
| Structure: | Virgilina Synclinorium, Ne-Sw Trend, Schistosity Strikes N. 30 E And Dips 70-80 Deg. Se. |
| Tectonic: | Piedmont |
| MRDS | W030873 |
| DEP | 10079998 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: LANEY, F.B., 1917, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE VIRGILINA DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 14, 176 P.}{Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., 1976, ABANDONED COPPER MINES AND PROSPECTS IN THE VIRGILINA DISTRICT, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA MINERALS, V. 22, NO. 3, P. 25-34.}{Deposit:: 1700 DIREXPL REPORTEDLY COPPER WAS EXTRACTED IN PERIOD 1700-1750}{Deposit:: 1881 DIREXPL SMALL AMOUNT OF PROSPECTING}{Deposit:: 1898 DIREXPL WORKINGS CLEANED OUT AND MORE PROSPECTING DONE.}{Production:: LANEY (1917)} |
| Reporter | Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) |