| Lat / long: | 38.29365, -78.23111 |
| Primary: | Sulfur-Pyrite |
| Ore: | Pyrite |
| Gangue: | Goethite, Quartz |
| Orebody form: | PINCH AND SWELL |
| Discovery year: | 1916 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | None |
| Development status: | Occurrence |
| Host rock: | Lynchburg Formation;Amphibolite |
| Host type: | Phyllite |
| Associated rock: | Amphibolite |
| Associated type: | Amphibolite |
| Structure: | Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium. |
| Tectonic: | Orogen |
| Alteration processes: | Pyrite On Surface Mostly Oxidized To Goethite. |
| MRDS | W031202 |
| DEP | 10080121 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: ALLEN, R.M., JR., 1963, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GREENE AND MADISON COUNTIES: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, BULLETIN 78, 102 P.}{Deposit:: WATSON, T.L., 1920, VIRGINIA, IN SMITH, P.S., SULPHUR, PYRITES, AND SULPHURIC ACID, IN U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1917, PART 2-NONMETALS: P. 51-55.}{Deposit:: 1917 DIREXPL PIEDMONT PYRITES AND MINERAL CORP.}{Deposit:: 1950 DIREXPL ATTEMPT MADE TO REOPEN SHAFT.}{Deposit:: 1960 GEOLMAP VA. DIV. MIN. RES.: SITE VISITED DURING GEOLOGIC MAPPING OF COUNTY.} |
| Reporter | Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.), Trimble, David, C. |