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Cofer Prospect, Gold-Pyrite Belt, Louisa Co., Virginia, USA

REF:Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: MILLER (1978)
Deposit:: GAIR, J.E., (ED.), 1978, MASSIVE SULFIDES OF VIRGINIA FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOK: INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CORRELATION PROGRAMME, PROJECT NO. 60, 112 P.
Deposit:: HODDER, R.W., KAZDA, R.F., AND BOJTOS, P.,
Deposit:: CALLAHAN MINING CORPORATION LETTER OF CORRESPONDENCE TO
Deposit:: R.C. BOWYER. SEPT. 8, 1980, P. 1,
Deposit:: PLUS ENCLOSURES, 2 PP.
Deposit:: CRAIG, J.R., J.W. MILLER, AND D.K. HENRY. COMPARISON
Deposit:: OF MASSIVE S
Commodities (Major) - Copper, Lead, Zinc; (Minor) - Arsenic, Gold, Silver, Sulfur - Iron Pyrite
Development Status: Occurrence
Deposit Model: 184: Massive sulfide, kuroko
Host Rock Unit: Rome Formation
Structure: Ne-Sw Trend
Host Rock: Schist, Phyllite, Gneiss, Graywacke
Tectonic Structure: Eugeosyncline (Piedmont)





Map Reference: 38°2'60"N , 77°52'31"W

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Mineral List:
Antlerite
Arsenopyrite
Bianchite
Biotite
Bismuth
Bornite
Boulangerite
Bournonite
Brochantite
Chalcanthite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
Cosalite
Covellite
Digenite
Freibergite
Gahnite
Galena
Goethite
Gold
var: Electrum

Gudmundite
Gunningite
Gypsum
Hematite
Ilmenite
'K Feldspar'
Kobellite
Linarite
Mackinawite
Magnetite
Marcasite
Melanterite
Molybdenite
Muscovite
Plumbonacrite
Pyrite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Rozenite
Rutile
Serpierite
Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite


43 entries listed. 40 valid minerals.

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