Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondarySulfur-Pyrite
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockShale,Sandstone · Bull Run Formation (Catharpin Creek Member)
StructureNe-Sw Trend, Triassic-Jurassic Border Fault, Barboursville Basin (Outlier Of Culpeper Basin)
Tectonic settingBasin
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1835
Identification
Deposit ID10080036
MRDS IDW030922
Alternate namesSomerset Prospect
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates38.21672, -78.23305
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 AND CO., 832 P.LEE, K.Y., 1980, TRIASSIC-JURASSIC GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE CULPEPER BASIN AND THE BARBOURSVILLE BASIN: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 80-468, 9 P.1835 DIREXPL ATTEMPT TO DEVELOP MINE