Piedmont Copper Co. Mine

Past Producer in Greene county in Virginia, United States with commodity Copper
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Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10184314
MAS/MILS ID 0510790003
Record type Site
Current site name Piedmont Copper Co. Mine
Alternate or previous names Sims Mines, Bootens Gap Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -78.45002, 38.39754 (WGS84)
Elevation 622

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -78.45002, 38.39754

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-AUG-1978 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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