Daniel's Mine

Past Producer in Charlotte county in Virginia, United States with commodities Copper, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080000
MRDS ID W030875
Record type Site
Current site name Daniel's Mine
Alternate or previous names Daniel's Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.54334, 36.99424 (WGS84)
Elevation 140
Relative position 5.05 KM (3.15 MI) EAST OF DRAKES BRANCH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Charlotte(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Drakes Branch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

South Boston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greensboro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Roanoke(hydrologic unit)

Roanoke(hydrologic accounting unit)

Chowan-Roanoke(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Charlotte

Comments on the location information

  • 0.25 KM (0.15 MI) OFF WEST SIDE OF FIRE ROAD, 0.1 KM (0.05 MI) BY ROAD NORTH OF CROSSING OF TWITTYS CREEK AND 4.5 KM (2.8 MI) BY ROAD NORTH OF JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 623.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Covellite Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Meta-Basalt
    Rock unit name Aaron Formation (Middle Member)
    Rock description Aaron Formation (Middle Member)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Aaron Formation (Middle Member);Virgilina G
    Rock description Aaron Formation (Middle Member);Virgilina G

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.54334, 36.99424

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Virgilina Synclinoriom

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1915

Mining district

District name Virgilina District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Pulpwood Co./Town Of Drakes Branch

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1976, A PARTIALLY CAVED, WATER-FILLED SHAFT AND SPREAD DUMP EVIDENT. NO OUTCROPS AROUND OLD MINE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LANEY, F.B., 1917, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE VIRGILINA DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 14, 176 P.

  • Deposit

    SWEET, P. C., 1976, ABANDONED COPPER MINES AND PROSPECTS IN THE VIRGILINA DISTRICT, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA MINERALS, V. 22, NO. 3,P. 25-34.

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL TWO PROSPECT PITS OR SHALLOW SHAFTS SUNK

  • Deposit

    1976 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES.: INSPECTED SITE

  • Production

    LANEY (1917)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROBABLY EXTENSION OF VEIN AT MCNENY PROSPECT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources
Updater 01-JUL-1919 Sweet, Palmer C. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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