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Old Dominion Pyrite Mine

Past Producer in Louisa county in Virginia, United States with commodity Sulfur-Pyrite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067657
MRDS ID W000460
Record type Site
Current site name Old Dominion Pyrite Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.87888, 38.03672 (WGS84)
Elevation 101
Relative position 3.8 KM (2.4 MI) NE OF MINERAL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Louisa(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mineral(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fredericksburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Washington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pamunkey(hydrologic unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Louisa

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION NOT FIELD CHECKED BY VDMR. ABOUT 100 M (300 FT) NE OF STATE ROAD 751, 0.6 KM (0.4 MI) SE OF U.S. HWY. 522.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur-Pyrite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 184
USGS model code 28a
Deposit model name Massive sulfide, kuroko
Mark3 model number 93

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Chopawamsic Formation
    Rock description Chopawamsic Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend, Columbia Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form POD/LENS
    Width 18M
    Depth to top 1.6M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THE PYRITE LENS IS MASSIVE AND 60 FT. WIDE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1910
Year of first production 1910
Production years 1910-1911

Mining district

District name Gold-Pyrite Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION WAS PROBABLY ONLY AS PART OF PROSPECTING; NO FURTHER PRODUCTION IS REPORTED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 11M

Comments on the workings information

  • A PROSPECT SHAFT OF 11 M LENGTH WAS SUNK, FOLLOWED BY WORK ON A DOUBLE-COMPARTMENT SHAFT (LENGTH NOT REPORTED).

Comments on development

  • INITIAL DEVELOPMENT BEGUN IN 1910 WITH LIMITED PRODUCTION APPARENTLY BECOMING IDLE IN 1912. ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY BEGUN IN 1918, BUT NO PRODUCTION REPORTED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PHALEN, W.C., 1913, SULPHUR, PYRITE, AND SULPHURIC ACID, IN U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, CALENDAR YEAR 1912, PART 2 - NONMETALS: P. 931-953.

  • 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

    1910 DIREXPL SHAFT SUNK

  • Deposit

    1918 DIREXPL ADDITIONAL EXPLORATION CONDUCTED

  • Production

    PHALEN (1913)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Wright, Nancy A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1980 Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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