Commodities
PrimaryCopper
TertiarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlJoint Surfaces (For Carbonates)
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Cuprite, Silver
GangueCalcite, Epidote, Quartz
Geology
Host rockShale · Diabase;Bull Run Shale, Newark Group
Associated rockDiabase · Diabase
StructureNe-Sw Trend, Culpeper (Potomac) Triassic Basin, Belmont Stock
Tectonic settingBasin
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1883
Discovery year1895
Identification
Deposit ID10080032
MRDS IDW030917
Alternate namesEagle Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.09364, -77.50552
References
SRC.REF: WISE (1884, P. 192)ROBERTS, J.K., 1928, THE GEOLOGY OF THE VIRGINIA TRIASSIC: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 29, 205 P.TOEWE, E.C., 1966, GEOLOGY OF THE LEESBURG QUADRANGLE, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 11, 52 P.WEED, W.H., 1911, COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE APPALACHIAN STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 455, 166 P.WISE, F.N., 1884, THE COPPER ORES OF LOUDOUN COUNTY, VA.: THE VIRGINIAS, V. 5, NO. 12, P. 192.1883 DIREXPL EAGLE MINING CO.: OPENED MINE.1894 GEOLMAP A. KEITH: ISSUED GEOL. ATLAS FOLIO 10.1911 RECON W.H. WEED: ISSUED BULL. 455.1924 GEOLMAP VA. GEOL. SURV. ISSUED BULL. 29.1966 GEOLMAP VA. DIV. MIN. RES.: ISSUED REP. INV. 11.ROBERTS (1928, P. 135).