| Deposit ID | 10106171 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W030869 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Wildcat Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Wild Cat Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -80.79008, 36.79979 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 747 |
| Relative position | 0.9 KM (0.6 MI) SOUTH OF EARLY, WEST AND EAST OF WILDCAT CREEK. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Carroll(county)
Virginia(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Sylvatus(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 | Carroll |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Iron, Pig Iron | Tertiary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Covellite | Ore |
| Cubanite | Ore |
| Cuprite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Goethite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Pyrrhotite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Muscovite | 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 | Metamorphic Rock > Schist | ||||
| Rock unit name | Lynchburg Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Lynchburg Formation | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss |
| (1) | -80.79008, 36.79979 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Fries Overthrust, Gossan Lead Overthrust, Main Sulfide Zone Strikes N. 45 Deg. E. And Dips 30-60 Deg. Se. |
| General form | POD/LENS |
|---|---|
| Strike | N. 65 DEG. E. |
| Dip | 45 DEG. SE |
| Width | 6.1M |
| Depth to top | 9.1M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1861 |
| Year of first production | 1855 |
| District name | Wildcat Segment/Gossan Lead District/Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province. |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Tennessee And Virginia Mining Co. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Virginia Iron, Coal And Coke Co. (Manoah Shockley). |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 290M |
| Overall depth | 12.2M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W030869 |
CURREY, R.O., 1859, A GEOLOGICAL VISIT TO THE VIRGINIA COPPER REGION: KNOXVILLE, TENN., BECKETT, HAWS AND CO.; REPRINTED IN PART UNDER COPPER AND IRON REGION OF THE FLOYD-CARROLL-GRAYSON PLATEAU OF THE BLUE RIDGE IN VIRGINIA, ETC.: THE VIRGINIAS, 1880, V. 1, P. 62-64, 69-71, 74-77, 80-81, 95.
ROSS, C.S., 1935, ORIGIN OF THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE DUCKTOWN TYPE IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 179, 165 P.
WEED, W.H., 1911, COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE APPALACHIAN STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 455, 166 P.
1855 DIREXPL TENN. & VA. MINING CO.: OPENED MINE.
1911 RECON W.H. WEED: BULL. 455.
1935 RECON C.S. ROSS: PROF. PAPER 179.
1939 GEOLMAP VA. GEOL. SURV.: BULL. 72.
1948 RECON R.J. WRIGHT & N.D. RAMAN: OPEN-FILE REPORT.
CURREY (1859)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: PRE-CIVIL WAR |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1980 | Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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