Virginia · Loudoun County
Occurrence

Unnamed Pge Occurrence

Loudoun County, Virginia, United States
CobaltNickelCopperPlatinumZincPalladiumLeadGold
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Commodities
PrimaryCobalt, Nickel, Copper, Platinum, Zinc, Palladium, Lead, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formUNKNOWN BUT PROBABLY DISSEMINATED
Ore controlMagmatic Segregation
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
GangueApatite, Ilmenite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockDiabase
Tectonic settingMesozoic Basins - Culpeper Basin
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10048644
MRDS IDMP00248
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates39.02142, -77.60302
References
GOTTFRIED, DAVID, AND FROELICH, A.J., 1988, VARIATIONS OF PALLADIUM AND PLATINUM CONTENTS AND RATIOS IN SELECTED EARLY MESOZOIC THOLEIITIC ROCK ASSOCIATIONS IN THE EASTERN UNITED STATES, IN, FROELICH, A.J., AND ROBINSON, G.R., JR., EDS., STUDIES OF THE EARLY MESOZOIC BASINS OF THE EASTERN UNITED STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1776, P. 332-341.FROELICH, A.J., WOODRUFF, L.G., BELKIN, H.E., AND GOTTFRIED, DAVID, 1991, CONCENTRATION AND ZONATION OF COPPER AND PALLADIUM IN THE MESOZOIC BELMONT DIABASE SHEET, CULPEPER BASIN, NORTHERN VIRGINIA - AN EXPLORATION GUIDE TO ENRICHMENT OF PRECIOUS METALS IN MAFIC MAGMATIC ROCKS, IN, GOODE, E.E., SLACK, J.F., AND KOTRA, R.K., EDS., USGS RESEARCH ON MINERAL RESOURCES - 1991, PROGRAM AND ABSTRACTS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 1062, P. 26-29.GOTTFRIED, DAVID, FROELICH, A.J., ARUSCAVAGE, P.J., AND RAIT, NORMA, 1989, ANOMALOUS PALLADIUM-PLATINUM OCCURRENCES IN MESOZOIC QUARTZ-NORMATIVE THOLEIITIC SUITES IN THE EASTERN UNITED STATES, IN, SCHINDLER, K.S., ED., USGS RESEARCH ON MINERAL RESOURCES - 1989, PROGRAM AND ABSTRACTS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 1035, P. 23-25.