Virginia · Prince William County
Occurrence

Brentsville Prospect

Prince William County, Virginia, United States
Copper
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsMalachite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockShale,Sandstone · Bull Run Shale (Newark Group);Manassas Sandstone (Newark Group)
StructureNe-Sw Trend, Culpeper Triassic Basin
Tectonic settingBasin
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10067541
MRDS IDW000324
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates38.6881, -77.49913
References
LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966, BASE- AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED ORE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 7, 167 P.ROBERTS, J.K., 1928, THE GEOLOGY OF THE VIRGINIA TRIASSIC: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 29, 205 P.1920 GEOLMAP VA. GEOL. SURV.: MAPPED AREROBERTS (1928)