Virginia · Fauquier County
Occurrence

Mosby Prospect

Fauquier County, Virginia, United States
Copper
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface
Geology
Host rockSchist · Catoctin Formation
StructureBlue Ridge Anticlinoreum, Front Royal Fault
Tectonic settingOrogen
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1900
Identification
Deposit ID10080008
MRDS IDW030885
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates38.87865, -78.10054
References
SWEET, P.C. AND BELL, S.C., 1980, METALLIC MINERALIZATION IN THE BLUE RIDGE PROVINCE OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, IN PREPARATION1978 RECON VA. DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES; SITE INSPECTEDDIREXPL