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Anaconda Mine

Past Producer in Halifax county in Virginia, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080023
MRDS ID W030904
Record type Site
Current site name Anaconda Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.7678, 36.55897 (WGS84)
Elevation 157
Relative position 1.85 KM (1.15 MI) NNE OF VIRGILINA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Halifax(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Virgilina(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

South Boston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greensboro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Dan(hydrologic unit)

Roanoke(hydrologic accounting unit)

Chowan-Roanoke(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Halifax

Comments on the location information

  • 0.04 KM (0.025 MI) OFF ESE SIDE OF STATE ROAD 734, 0.08 KM (0.05 MI) BY ROAD SOUTH OF JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 735.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Malachite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 5-10 CM STREAK OF 15% CU, REMAINDER OF SHOOT 4% CU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Meta-Basalt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Aaron Formation (Middle Member)
    Rock description Aaron Formation (Middle Member)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.7678, 36.55897
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Virgilina Synclinorium
Type of structure Local
Structure description Prevailing Schistosity Strikes N 10-20 Deg E And Dips 70-80 Deg E.

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Thickness 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zones (Veins In Area Strike N 5-10 Deg E.)

Comments on the geologic information

  • THOUGH WEED (1911) STATES ORES FROM DISTRICT ARE FREE FROM ARSENIC AND ANTIMONY, HE LATER REPORTS THE ORE MINERALS OF THE ANACONDA MINE TO BE A MIXTURE OF GLANCE (CHALCOCITE) AND GRAY COPPER (EITHER TETRAHEDRITE OR TENNANTITE) IN QUARTZ.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1906

Mining district

District name Virgilina District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • 7 CARLOADS OF 3-12% CU ORE WERE PRODUCED IN APPROXIMATELY 1906.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 61M
    Overall depth 42.7M

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1976, ONLY A 6 M DIAMETER DUMP EVIDENT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: WEED (1911)

  • 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

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

  • Deposit

    KREISA, R.D., 1980, GEOLOGY OF OMEGA, SOUTH BOSTON, CLUSTER SPRINGS, AND VIRGILINA QUADRANGLES, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 5, 22 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL MINED AND SHIPPED ORE.

  • Production

    WEED (1911)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE SHOOT HAS MAXIMUM THICKNESS OF OF 0.46 M.
Deposit THIS MINE UNDERWENT ONLY LIMITED DEVELOPMENT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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