| Deposit ID | 10080009 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W030887 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Belcher Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Weddle Prospect, Old Copper Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -80.39451, 36.7984 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1010 |
| Relative position | 6.3 MI (10.1 KM) SE OF WILLIS. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Floyd(county)
Virginia(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Willis(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 | Floyd |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Iron, Pig Iron | Secondary |
| Sulfur-Pyrite | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Pyrrhotite | Ore |
| Biotite | Gangue |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Hornblende | 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 | Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist |
| Rock unit name | Lynchburg Formation |
| Rock description | Lynchburg Formation |
| (1) | -80.39451, 36.7984 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Blue Ridge Anticlinorium |
| General form | POD/LENS () |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1859 |
| District name | Southern Lead/Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province. |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | C. H. Thompson |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W030887 |
SWEET, P.C. AND BELL, S.C., 1980, METALLIC MINERALIZATION IN THE BLUE RIDGE PROVINCE OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES: IN PREPARATION
DIETRICH, R.V., 1959, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF FLOYD COUNTY OF THE BLUE RIDGE UPLAND, SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION SERIES, BULLETIN NO. 134, 160 P.
1859 DIREXPL
1940 DIREXPL C.W. THOMPSON, MINE REOPENED
1978 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES., SHAFT FILLED IN
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | NO MINERALIZATION EVIDENT IN 1978. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1979 | Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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