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Joe Creek Mine

Past Producer in Nelson 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080038
MRDS ID W030923
Record type Site
Current site name Joe Creek Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.79974, 37.66673 (WGS84)
Relative position EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nelson(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shipman(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillwyn(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roanoke(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle James-Buffalo(hydrologic unit)

James(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Nelson

Comments on the location information

  • FURCRON (1935, P. 109) DESCRIBES MINE AS BEING ON JOE CREEK AT NORWOOD IN CATOCTIN GREENSTONE. ACCORDING TO THIS DESCRIPTION THE WORKINGS WOULD PROBABLY AROUND 2.8 KM (1.7 MI) NORTH OF NORWOOD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Sulfur-Pyrite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Pyrite 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 Catoctin Formation
    Rock description Catoctin Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    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 > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Catoctin Formation
    Rock description Catoctin Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.79974, 37.66673
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Triassic Basin Border Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Transverse Faulting

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE WAS PROBABLY PRODUCED.

Comments on the workings information

  • A SHAFT WAS SUNK.

Comments on development

  • A SHAFT WAS SUNK WHICH WAS BLOCKED BY 1925.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FURCRON, A.S., 1935, JAMES RIVER IRON AND MARBLE BELT, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 39, 124 P

  • Deposit

    1929 GEOLMAP VA. GEOL. SURV.: ISSUED BULL. 39.

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL SHAFT SUNK

  • Production

    FURCRON (1935, P. 109)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 Meintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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