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Anaconda Mine

Past Producer in Buckingham county in Virginia, United States with commodities Copper, Sulfur-Pyrite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  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. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079451
MRDS ID W028992
Record type Site
Current site name Anaconda Mine
Alternate or previous names Eldridge Mill Mine, Eldridge Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.4489, 37.61034 (WGS84)
Elevation 134
Relative position 7.3 KM (4.6 MI) NORTH OF DILLWYN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Buckingham(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dillwyn(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillwyn(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 Buckingham

Comments on the location information

  • SE OF STATE ROAD 617, 3.85 KM (2.4 MI) EAST OF JUNCTION WITH STATE HWY. 20.
  • WEST OF DEVILS BACKBONE RIDGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Sulfur-Pyrite Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GANGUE IS QUARTZ

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Actinolite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Hornblende Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Oligoclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Zoisite Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE SHIPPED WAS 10.75% CU.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Meta-Basalt
    Rock unit name Chopawamsic Formation
    Rock description Chopawamsic Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Chopawamsic Formation
    Rock description Chopawamsic Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.4489, 37.61034
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Hardware Anticline - Arvonia Syncline, Ne-Sw Trend

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Thickness 1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • EVINGTON GROUP (PER BROWN, 1969) NOW CONSIDERED CHOPAWAMSIC FORMATION.
  • MINERALIZATION IN SILICEOUS ZONES IN SCHIST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1903
Year of first production 1905

Mining district

District name Gold-Pyrite Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner U.S. Mineral Co.

Production statistics

  • Year 1910
    Period 1905-1910
    Material ORE CU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^10.75 % Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Copper Copper 11wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • ORE WAS SHIPPED TO NORFOLK FOR SMELTING.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 23M

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1903, AN 18 M (60 FT) SHAFT WAS SUNK. FROM 1905 TO 1910 THE SHAFT WAS DEEPENED TO 23 M (75 FT) AND A SHORT DRIFT WAS DRIVEN NORTHEASTWARD. IN 1972, A WATER-FILLED SHAFT WAS EVIDENT. MUCH OF THE DUMP MATERIAL HAD BEEN REMOVED FOR USE AS ROAD METAL.

Comments on development

  • DEVELOPED BY Q.Q. COPPER CO. AROUND 1903 TO 1905, WHEN BOUGHT BY UNITED STATES MINERAL CO., WHICH CONTINUED SPORATIC DEVELOPMENT OFF AND ON THROUGH 1910.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, W.R., 1969, GEOLOGY OF THE DILLWYN QUADRANGLE, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 10, 77 P.

  • Deposit

    POOLE, J.L., 1974, NOTES ON SOME ABANDONED COPPER, LEAD, AND ZINC MINES IN THE PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA MINERALS, V. 20, NO. 2, P. 9-14.

  • Deposit

    TABER, S., 1913, GEOLOGY OF THE GOLD BELT IN THE JAMES RIVER BASIN, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 7, 271 P.

  • Deposit

    WATSON, T.L., 1907, MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VA., J.P. BELL CO., 618 P.

  • Deposit

    1903 DIREXPL Q.Q. COPPER CO.: DROVE 18 M SHAFT

  • Deposit

    1905 DIREXPL U.S. MINERAL CO.: DEEPENED SHAFT AND SHIPPED SOME ORE.

  • Deposit

    1972 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES.: INSPECTED SITE

  • Production

    TABER (1913)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN WAS DESCRIBED AS BEING SEVERAL FEET THICK AT MAXIMUM (TABER, 1913).
Deposit MINERALIZED ZONE CONTAINS SERIES OF GOLD BEARING QUARTZ VEINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1979 Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources
Updater 01-OCT-1981 Trimble, David C. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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