| Deposit ID | 10079983 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W030855 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Gardner Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -80.5998, 36.7834 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Carroll(county)
Virginia(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Dugspur(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Galax(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Winston-Salem(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper New(hydrologic unit)
Kanawha(hydrologic accounting unit)
Kanawha(hydrologic subregion)
Ohio(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Virginia | Carroll |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Sulfur-Pyrite | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Copper | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Actinolite | Gangue |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Hornblende | Gangue |
| Magnetite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Hornblende Gneiss | ||||||
| Rock description | Hornblende Gneiss | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist |
| Rock unit name | Hornblende Gneiss;Lynchburg Formation |
| Rock description | Hornblende Gneiss;Lynchburg Formation |
| (1) | -80.5998, 36.7834 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Ne-Sw, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N50-65 DEG E |
| Dip | 60 DEG. SE |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1861 |
| District name | Native Lead/Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province. |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Virginia Copper Co. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W030855 |
STOSE, A.J., AND STOSE, G.W., 1957, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GOSSAN LEAD DISTRICT AND ADJACENT AREAS IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 72, 233 P.
WATSON, T.L., 1907, MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VA., J.P. BELL CO., 618 P.
WEED, W.H., 1911, COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE APPALACHIAN STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 455, 166 P.
1911 RECON W.H. WEED: BULL. 455.
1935 RECON C.S. ROSS: PROF. PAPER 179.
1939 RECON VA. GEOL. SURV.: BULL. 72.
1948 RECON R.J. WRIGHT & N.D. RAMAN: OPEN-FILE REPORT.
DIREXPL VIRGINIA COPPER CO. (?): OPENED MINE.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | CHALCOPYRITE OCCURS AS SLICKENSIDED BALLS (UP TO SEVERAL CM IN DIAMETER) IN FISSILE SCHIST. ALSO AS GRAINS IN PODS OF QUARTZ AND EPIDOTE IN SCHIST. |
| Deposit | NATIVE LEAD IS ALSO CALLED THE TRAP LEAD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: PRE-CIVIL WAR |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1980 | Meintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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