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Copperas Hill Mine

Past Producer in Carroll county in Virginia, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc, Lead, Iron, Pig Iron, Iron, Arsenic
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  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 10079977
MRDS ID W030848
Record type Site
Current site name Copperas Hill Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.88452, 36.75425 (WGS84)
Elevation 789
Relative position 2.6 MILES (4.2 KM) S 7 W OF CORINTH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carroll(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Austinville(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Carroll

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION AND ELEVATION GIVEN ARE FOR A POSSIBLE COLLAPSED PORTAL. "MAJOR" WORKINGS EXTEND 400 FT IN N 55 E LINE, INCLUDING A POSSIBLE SHAFT AT UTM 4067470N, 510350 E. MINOR WORKINGS EXTEND 300 FT IN S 20 W DIRECTION, CONSIST OF SMALL CROSSCUT TRENCHES AND SMALL PITS. AN INTERSECTION OF ROUTE 733 AND 735, TAKE ROUTE 733, 0.5 MILES (0.75 KM) WEST TO A DIRT ROAD WHICH RUNS 0.3 MILES (0.45 KM). "PORTAL" IS 0.3 MIL S 76 W THROUGH THE WOODS. FIELD CHECK DONE MAY, 1987.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Iron, Pig Iron Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PAST MINING OPERATIONS CONCENTRATED ON SUPERGENE MINERALS.

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Low Grade Regional Metamorphism (Almandine Garnet Zone)

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 91
USGS model code 24b
Deposit model name Massive sulfide, Besshi (Japanese deposits)
Mark3 model number 30

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Lynchburg Group, Ashe Formation
    Rock description Lynchburg Group, Ashe Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.88452, 36.75425
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Fries Thrust, Gossan Lead Thrust
Type of structure Local
Structure description 3 S Surfaces Visible; Major Lineation 84 Degrees, S 19 E

Ore body information

  • General form POD/LENS
    Strike N. 10 DEG. E.
    Dip SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lenticular Troughs

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1861
Year of first production 1857

Mining district

District name Copperas Hill Segment/Gossan Lead District/Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province.

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cook And Wistar
  • Type Owner
    Owner Allied Chemical Corp.

Comments on the production information

  • CURREY (1859) GIVES NO FIGURES FOR PRODUCTION; THERE PROBABLY WAS ONLY LIMITED PRODUCTION, AS SECONDARY COPPER ZONE IS RELATIVELY SMALL DUE TO TOPOGRAPHY (WRIGHT AND RAMAN, 1948).

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 21.3M
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • 1859: CURREY REPORTED A TOTAL DRIVAGE OF LEVELS AS 15.2 M AND TOTAL DEPTH OF SHAFTS AS 6.1 M. 1948: WRIGHT AND RAMAN INDICATE SEVERAL ADITS, TRENCHES, AND PROSPECT PITS. 1987 (MAY): ONE POSSIBLE COLLAPSED PORTAL AT LOCATION GIVEN. N 55 E OF "PORTAL" ARE 3 CROSSCUT TRENCHES 100+ FT LONG, AND AT THE CREST OF THE HILL ARE SEVERAL SMALL PITS, SHALLOW CROSSCUT TRENCHES, AND A POSSIBLE COLLAPSED SHAFT (PIT 8 FT DEEP AND 10-12 FT WIDE).

Comments on development

  • LIMITED MINING CONDUCTED BETWEEN 1857 AND 1859.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, R.J., AND RAMAN, N.D., 1948, THE GOSSAN LEAD, CARROLL COUNTY, VIRGINIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT, 21 P.

  • Deposit

    CONLEY, J.F., 1985, GEOLOGY OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA PIEDMONT: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 59, 33P.

  • Deposit

    1857 DIREXPL COOK & WISTAR: OPENED MINE.

  • Deposit

    1911 RECON W.H. WEED: BULL. 455.

  • Deposit

    1935 RECON C.S. ROSS: PROF. PAPER 179.

  • Deposit

    1939 GEOLMAP VA. GEOL. SURV.: BULL. 72.

  • Deposit

    1948 RECON R.J. WRIGHT & N.D. RAMAN: OPEN-FILE REPORT.

  • Production

    CURREY (1859)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: PRE-CIVIL WAR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1987 Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources
Updater 01-MAY-1987 Myers, Lesley L. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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