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Sims Mine

Past Producer in Greene 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. 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 10080021
MRDS ID W030902
Record type Site
Current site name Sims Mine
Alternate or previous names Bootens Gap Mine, Tunnel Tract Mine, Piedmont Copper Co. Mine.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.44166, 38.3906 (WGS84)
Elevation 372
Relative position 1.6 MI (2.6 KM) NNW OF KINDERHOOK, VA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Greene(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fletcher(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Charlottesville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlottesville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rapidan-Upper Rappahannock(hydrologic unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Greene

Comments on the location information

  • ON THE SOUTHEAST FLANK OF THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS: 1.8 KM (1.1 MI) WNW OF CAMP SHILOH AND ABOUT 0.8 KM (0.5 MI) WSW OF THE OLD FLETCHER STORE AT THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROAD 667 AND STATE ROAD 675.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Sulfur-Pyrite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Copper Ore
Cuprite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Meta-Basalt
    Rock unit name Catoctin Formation
    Rock description Catoctin Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Meta-Basalt
    Rock unit name Catoctin Formation;Swift Run Formation
    Rock description Catoctin Formation;Swift Run Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.44166, 38.3906
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Ne-Sw Trend

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, POD/LENS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zones Or Jointing

Comments on the geologic information

  • MALACHITE WAS ONLY OBSERVED COPPER MINERAL ON DUMPS IN 1978.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1914
Year of first production 1914

Mining district

District name Northern Section-Blue Ridge Province

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Piedmont Copper Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • TRENCH (CAVED ADIT?), 23 M LONG, 6 M WIDE, 2 M DEEP; SHAFT (?) 6 M DIAMETER, 2 M DEEP; TRENCH 12M X 4M X 1M DEEP. WEED (1911) MENTIONS 9M SHAFT AND 8M CROSSCUT AT 9M DEPTH.

Comments on development

  • IN EARLY 1978, OLD TRENCH (CAVED ADIT (?)) TRENDING N 35 DEG W, CAVED SHAFT, TRENCH, AND TWO DUMPS LOCATED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SWEET, P.C., AND BELL, S.C., 1980, METALLIC MINERALIZATION IN THE BLUE RIDGE PROVINCE OF VIRGINIA: VA. DIV. MIN. RES. PUBLICATION 27, P. 39-52.

  • Deposit

    WEED, W.H., 1911, COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE APPALACHIAN STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 455, 166 P.

  • Deposit

    ALLEN, R.M., JR., 1963, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GREENE AND MADISON COUNTIES: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 78, 102 P.

  • Deposit

    1978 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES, LOCATED EXCAVATIONS.

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL PIEDMONT COPPER CO., SOME MINING (?).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE MINERALS OCCUR AS DISSEMINATIONS AND MASSES ASSOCIATED WITH EPIDOTIZED ROCK AND QUARTZ LENSES ALONG SHEAR ZONES.
Deposit Discovery Year: PRE-WW1

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources
Updater 01-AUG-1982 Trimble, David, C. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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