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Leonard Mine

Past Producer in Carroll county in Virginia, United States with commodities Copper, Iron, Zinc, Lead, Iron, Pig 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. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079988
MRDS ID W030861
Record type Site
Current site name Leonard Mine
Alternate or previous names Clifton Mine, Clifton Copper and Silver Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.94064, 36.69786 (WGS84)
Elevation 792
Relative position 0.8 KM (0.5 MI) WEST OF HICKORY FLAT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carroll(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Galax(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 APPROXIMATE, NOT FIELD CHECKED. ABOUT 0.2 KM (0.1 MI) SOUTH OF STATE ROAD 721, 0.8 KM (0.5 MI) SW OF JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 607.

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • PAST MINING OPERATIONS CONCENTRATED ON SUPERGENE MINERALS AND CHALCOPYRITE.

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
Chlorite Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Regional Metamorphism

Analytical data

Result AN EARLY ANALYSIS REPORTED PRESENCE OF NI AND AG (BOYD, 1881, P. 279), THOUGH THIS ANALYSIS WAS DOUBTED BY MANY. FONTAINE (1884, P. 10) REPORTED NO GOLD OR SILVER.

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 > Schist
    Rock unit name Lynchburg Formation
    Rock description Lynchburg Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.94064, 36.69786
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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.

Ore body information

  • General form POD/LENS
    Strike NE-SW
    Dip SE
    Thickness 3.7M

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 1789

Mining district

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Wistar Copper Mining Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Wistar Copper Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION WAS PROBABLY LIMITED.

Comments on development

  • THE MINE WAS POSSIBLY OPENED AROUND 1789 FOR RECOVERY OF IRON. DURING 1850'S POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT MAY HAVE BEEN PERFORMED BY COOK & WISTAR CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOYD, E.M., 1881, RESOURCES OF SOUTH-WEST VIRGINIA: NEW YORK, JOHN WILEY & SONS, 321 P.

  • 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

    FONTAINE, W.M., 1883-84, NOTES ON THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE FLOYD, VA., PLATEAU: THE VIRGINIAS, V. 4, P. 167, 178-180, 185-192; V. 5, P. 8-12.

  • 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

    1789 DIREXPL GOSSAN MINED (?).

  • Deposit

    1856 DIREXPL COOK & WISTAR (?): OPENED MINE.

  • Deposit

    1935 GEOLMAP J.V. LEWIS: UNPUBLISHED MAP

  • 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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: PRE-CIVIL WAR
Deposit CURREY (1859) DOES NOT USE EITHER CLIFTON OR LEONARD NAMES, BUT DISCUSSES COOK AND WISTAR TRACT AS TO INCLUDE SOUTHERNMOST SECTION OF LODE. FIRST MENTION OF MINE IS BY BOYD (1881). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1980 Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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