Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondarySulfur-Pyrite
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Pyrite
GangueCalcite
Geology
Host rockShale · Diabase Dike;Bull Run Shale (Newark Group)
Associated rockDiabase · Diabase Dike
StructureNe-Sw Trend, Culpeper Triassic Basin
Tectonic settingBasin
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1840
Identification
Deposit ID10067546
MRDS IDW000329
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.55476, -77.73248
References
LUTTRELL, G.W., BASE- AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED ORE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: MINERAL RESOURCES REP. 7, 167 P.ROBERTS, J.K., 1928, THE GEOLOGY OF THE VIRGINIA TRIASSIC: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 29, 205 P.1840 DIREXPL PROPERTY PROSPECTED1916 DIREXPL PROPERTY PROSPECTEDROBERTS REFERENCE.