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Christian Tract Mine

Past Producer in Amherst county in Virginia, United States with commodity Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079972
MRDS ID W030842
Record type Site
Current site name Christian Tract Mine
Alternate or previous names Buffalo Ridge Prospects, Piedmont Copper Mines, Dunlap Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.00974, 37.512 (WGS84)
Elevation 219
Relative position 9.1 KM (5.6 MI) SSE OF AMHERST.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amherst(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Amherst(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Buena Vista(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Amherst

Comments on the location information

  • 200 M (600 FT) SOUTH OF STATE ROAD 624, 4.9 KM (3.1 MI) BY ROAD SE OF JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 604.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Covellite Ore
Malachite Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Chalcedony Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Olivine Gangue
Pyroxene Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Talc Gangue
Tremolite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Peridotite Altered To Soapstone

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite
    Rock unit name Metaperidotite Dike
    Rock description Metaperidotite Dike
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite
    Rock unit name Metaperidotite Dike;Lynchburg Formation
    Rock description Metaperidotite Dike;Lynchburg Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.00974, 37.512
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Espenshade (1954) Mapped A Major Reverse Fault To The East Between Lynchburg And Candler Formations.
Type of structure Local
Structure description High Angle Faulting (?), Cross-Faulting (?)

Ore body information

  • General form LENS/STRINGERS, IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zones, Joint System

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1775
Year of first production 1880

Mining district

District name James River-Roanoke River Manganese District/Glades Area.

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Buffalo Ridge Development Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner John W. Mosby

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURE IS PROBABLY FOR ENTIRE GLADES AREA.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 27M

Comments on the workings information

  • A TRENCH STRIKING N. 55 DEG. W. WAS PRESENT IN 1948, LOCATED ALONG A MINERALIZED JOINT. SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS WERE ALSO NOTED IN 1948.

Comments on development

  • THIS MINE WAS PROBABLY FIRST WORKED IN 1875-1885 AS PART OF THE PIEDMONT COPPER MINES AND CLEANED OUT AND REINVESTIGATED IN 1917-1918 BY THE BUFFALO RIDGE DEVELOPMENT CO. ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATIONS WERE CARRIED OUT AROUND 1948-1949 (VA. DIV. MIN. RES. FIELD REPORTS). MOORE (1940) REPORTED THAT A COMPANY WAS FORMED IN 1939 TO CLEAN OUT THE SHAFTS AND MINE ORE. NO RECORD OF ANY ACTUAL WORK HAS BEEN LOCATED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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, 124 P.

  • Deposit

    SIMPSON, T.C., 1980, THE HISTORY,GEOLOGY, AND BRIEF MINERALOGICAL SURVEY OF THE AREA KNOWN AS THE GLADES COPPER DISTRICT: UNPUBLISHED REPORT, COURSE EVSC 481, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA

  • Deposit

    MOORE, C.H., JR., 1940, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE AMHERST QUADRANGLE, VIRGINIA: CORNELL UNIVERSITY UNPUBLISHED PH.D. THESIS.

  • Deposit

    1875 DIREXPL THOMAS DUNLAP: MINED DEPOSITS (?)

  • Deposit

    1925 GEOLMAP VA. GEOL. SURV: AREA MAPPED

  • Deposit

    1938 GEOLMAP C.H. MOORE, JR: AREA MAPPED

  • Deposit

    1940 GEOLMAP G.H. ESPENSHADE: BULLETIN 1008

  • Production

    MOORE (1940)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ZONE OF MINERALIZATION IS ABOUT 61 M WIDE.
Deposit ALTHOUGH DESCRIBED AS A SINGLE MINE, THIS MINE WAS PROBABLY WORKED AS PART OF EXTENSIVE WORKINGS ALONG THE GLADES ROAD CONTINUING TO THE NE TO THE FOLLY MINE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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