| Deposit ID | 10082544 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W055386 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Wildcat #2 Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -80.78591, 36.80118 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 756 |
| Relative position | 0.8 KM (2700 FT) S 25 E OF EARLY |
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, Pig Iron | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Covellite | Ore |
| Galena | 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 Group, Ashe Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Lynchburg Group, Ashe Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -80.78591, 36.80118 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Fries Thrust, 3 Phases Of Regional Deformation |
| General form | POD/LENS |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1861 |
| 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 | Texas Gulf (Forest Products Division) |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W055386 |
CONLEY, J.F., 1985, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA PIEDMONT; VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 59, 33P.
CURREY, R.O., 1859, A GEOLOGICAL VISIT TO THE VIRGINIA COPPER REGION; KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE, 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, VOLUME 1, P.62-64, 69-71, 74-77, 80-81, 95.
WEED, W.H., 1911, COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE APPALACHIAN STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 455, 166P.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: PRE-CIVIL WAR |
| Deposit | THE WORKINGS DESCRIBED HERE ARE DISTINCT FROM THE WILDCAT MINE WORKINGS TO THE SW AND FROM THE CRANBERRY MINE NE OF U.S. 52. I HAVE, THEREFORE, GIVEN THESE WORKINGS A SEPARATE MINE NAME. SEE DESCRIPTION OF WILDCAT MINE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1987 | Myers, Lesley L (Sweet, Palmer C) | Virginia Division of Mineral Resources |
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