Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formPOD/LENS, IRREGULAR
Ore controlFractures
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Cuprite, Malachite
GangueEpidote, Jasper, Quartz
Geology
Host rockMeta-Basalt · Catoctin Formation
Associated rockMeta-Basalt · Catoctin Formation
StructureBlue Ridge Anticlinorium
Tectonic settingOrogen
AlterationHydrometamorphism, Epidotization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1905
Discovery year1914
Identification
Deposit ID10080020
MRDS IDW030901
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.31477, -78.56751
References
SWEET, P.C., AND BELL, P.C., 1980, METALLIC MINERALIZATION IN THE BLUE RIDGE PROVINCE OF VIRGINIA, IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO VIRGINIA GEOLOGY - IV: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 27, P. 39-52.PHALEN, W.C., 1906, COPPER DEPOSITS NEAR LURAY, VIRGINIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 285, 506 P.WEED, WALTER H., 1911, COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE APPALACHIAN STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 455, 166 P.1905 DIREXPL HIGHTOP COPPER CO.1944 OTHER UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO RE-OPEN.1974 RECON VA. DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES; SITE INSPECTED.