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Stith Mine

Past Producer in Mecklenburg county in Virginia, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082568
MRDS ID W055412
Record type Site
Current site name Stith Mine
Alternate or previous names Old Sterling, Moratock Copper, English

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.34473, 36.64563 (WGS84)
Elevation 88

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mecklenburg(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Baskerville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

South Boston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greensboro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Roanoke Rapids(hydrologic unit)

Roanoke(hydrologic accounting unit)

Chowan-Roanoke(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Mecklenburg

Comments on the location information

  • 0.85 MILES N OF STATE ROAD 615 ALONG MINES CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1968)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • J.D. BOUSHALL, LETTER IN 1942, REPORTED A DEBRIS FILLED SHAFT AND THAT THE MINE CARRIED A SUPERIOR GRAD OF COPPER COMBINED WITH SILVER.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Cuprite Ore
Malachite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Mica Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1.82 OZ AG/TON AND 0.006 OZ AU/TON (BARRINGER RESOURCES-1984)
Result 0.056 OZ AG/TON AND 7.24 OZ AG/TON (IRON KING ASSAY, INC. 1984).

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.34473, 36.64563
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1733
Year of first production 1733
Year of last production 1919

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Champion International Corp.

Comments on the workings information

  • IN EARLY 1984, 2 WATER-FILLED SHAFTS (12 FT ACROSS), SEVERAL SHALLOW PITS AND TRENCHES (UP TO 70 FT LONG), A LARGE CREEKSIDE DUMP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SWEET, P.C. AND LOVETT, J.A., 1985, VIRGINIA MINERALS, VOL. 31, NO. 4, P. 42-51.

  • Deposit

    SHORT, SHELTON P., 1984, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION.

  • Deposit

    TURPIN, E., 1938, THE OLD MINE'S SECRET; NEW YORK, THE MACMILLAN COMPANY, 303P.

  • Deposit

    DABNEY, V., 1971, VIRGINIA-THE NEW DOMINION; DOUBLEDAY & COMPANY, INC., GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK, 629P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1987 Sweet, Palmer C. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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