East Sulpher Mine

Past Producer in Louisa county in Virginia, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Sulfur, Zinc
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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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10276848
MAS/MILS ID 0511090052
Record type Site
Current site name East Sulpher Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -77.87751, 38.05835 (WGS84)
Elevation 110

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Louisa(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mineral(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fredericksburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Washington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pamunkey(hydrologic unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Louisa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Sulfur Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Callahan Mining Corp.
    Year 1980

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-DEC-1980 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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