Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Malachite
GanguePyrite
Geology
Host rockDiabase,Sandstone · Diabase Dike;Manassas Sandstone (Newark Group)
Associated rockDiabase · Diabase Dike
StructureNe-Sw Trend, Culpeper Triassic Basin
Tectonic settingBasin
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1861
Identification
Deposit ID10067549
MRDS IDW000332
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.55393, -77.67081
References
JACKSON, C.T., 1857, THE SO-CALLED COPPER MINE AT ELK RUN, FAUQUIER COUNTY, VIRGINIA: PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOSTON SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY, V.6, P.183.LONSDALE, J.T., 1927, GEOLOGY OF THE GOLD-PYRITE BELT OF THE NORTHEASTERN PIEDMONT, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 30, 110 P.1857 DIREXPL DEPOSIT PROSPECTE