| Deposit ID | 10079970 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W030839 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Moore Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Wreck Island Creek Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -78.88641, 37.49145 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 152 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 1.65 KM (1.02 MI) E OF BECKHAM. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Appomattox(county)
Virginia(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Stonewall(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Appomattox(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Roanoke(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Middle James-Buffalo(hydrologic unit)
James(hydrologic accounting unit)
Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)
Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Virginia | Appomattox |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble | ||
| Rock unit name | Candler Formation | ||
| Rock description | Candler Formation | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist |
| (1) | -78.88641, 37.49145 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | James River Synclinorium |
| General form | LENS |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1776 |
| Year of first production | 1776 |
| District name | James River-Roanoke River Manganese District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Moore, Alonzo |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 12.2M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W030839 |
FURCRON, A.S., 1935, JAMES RIVER IRON AND MARBLE BELT, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 39, 124 P.
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.
POOLE, J.L., 1974, NOTES ON SOME ABANDONED COPPER, LEAD, AND ZINC MINES IN THE PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA MINERALS V. 20, NO. 2 PP. 9-16.
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.
1974 RECON VA. DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES; INSPECTED SITE
DIREXPL PRE-REVOLUTIONARY WAR; COPPER ORE SHIPPED TO SMELTER NEARBY.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORE MINERALIZATION OCCURS AS DISSEMINATIONS OF PYRITE AND COPPER SULFIDES WITHIN QUARTZ LENSES AND STRINGERS INTRUDING WHITE AND BLUE MARBLE. |
| Deposit | SMELTER IS LOCATED ON PROPERTY OF MR.JOE FERGUSON. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1979 | Beaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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