Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Malachite
GanguePyrite
Geology
Host rockShale,Sandstone · Diabase;Bull Run Shale, Newark Group;Manassas Sandstone, Newark Group
Associated rockDiabase · Diabase
StructureNe-Sw Trend, Culpeper Triassic Basin, Mt. Pony Stock
Tectonic settingBasin, Piedmont
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1850
Discovery year1850
Identification
Deposit ID10067615
MRDS IDW000408
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.39421, -77.89415
References
ROBERTS, J.K., 1928, THE GEOLOGY OF THE VIRGINIA TRIASSIC: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 29, 205 P.ROGERS, W.B., 1884, A REPRINT OF ANNUAL REPORTS AND OTHER PAPERS, ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE VIRGINIAS: NEW YORK, D. APPLETON & CO., 832 P.WEED, W.H., 1911, COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE APPALACHIAN STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 455, 166 P.DIREXPL LIMITED MINING CONDUCTEWEED (1911), P. 92.WEED REF.