| Deposit ID | 10079996 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W030871 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Wolfpit Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Wolf Pit Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -80.79369, 36.7984 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 774 |
| Relative position | 1.2 KM (0.9 MI) SSW OF EARLY ON EAST BANK OF WOLFPIT CREEK. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Carroll(county)
Virginia(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Sylvatus(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 |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Iron, Pig Iron | Tertiary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Covellite | Ore |
| Cubanite | Ore |
| Cuprite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Goethite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Pyrrhotite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Muscovite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 91 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 24b |
| Deposit model name | Massive sulfide, Besshi (Japanese deposits) |
| Mark3 model number | 30 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist | ||||
| Rock unit name | Lynchburg Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Lynchburg Formation | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss |
| (1) | -80.79369, 36.7984 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Fries Overthrust, Gossan Lead Overthrust, Main Sulfide Zone Strikes N. 45 Deg. E. And Dips 30-60 Deg. Se. |
| General form | POD/LENS |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1861 |
| Year of first production | 1855 |
| District name | Wildcat Segment/Gossan Lead District/Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province. |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Tennessee And Virginia Mining Co. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Virginia Iron, Coal And Coke Co. (Ann Phipps). |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 135.7M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W030871 |
CURREY, R.O., 1859, A GEOLOGICAL VISIT TO THE VIRGINIA COPPER REGION: KNOXVILLE, TENN., BECKETT, HAWS AND CO.; REPRINTED IN PART UNDER COPPER AND IRON REGION OF THE FLOYD-CARROLL-GRAYSON PLATEAU OF THE BLUE RIDGE IN VIRGINIA, ETC.: THE VIRGINIAS, 1880, V. 1, P. 62-64, 69-71, 74-77, 80-81, 95.
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 GEOLMAP VA. GEOL. SURV.: BULL 72.
DIREXPL TENN. & VA. MINING CO.: OPENED MINE
1948 RECON R.J. WRIGHT & N.D. RAMAN: OPEN-FILE REPORT.
WEED (1911)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | WEED (1911, P. 118) AND WATSON (1907, P. 514) ARE EARLIEST REFERENCES TO THIS MINE WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE ANN PHIPPS TRACT AND MAY ACTUALLY BE PART OF THE ANN PHIPPS WORKINGS. CURREY (1859) DOES NOT REFER TO THIS MINE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: PRE-CIVIL WAR |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1980 | Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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