Virginia · Warren County
Occurrence
Virginia and Pittsburgh Copper Co. Prospects
Warren County, Virginia, United States
Copper
Land & claims · BLM · live
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Surface manager + active mining claims at this point, live from BLM. The "open to location" notes are a general 1872-Mining-Law guide, not BLM output — decision-support only; verify with BLM MLRS and on the ground before staking or entry.
Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeMetallic
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formLENSE ()
Ore controlShear Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Malachite
GangueEpidote, Quartz
Geology
Host rockMeta-Basalt · Catoctin Greenstone
StructureNe-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Front Royal Fault
Tectonic settingOrogen
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1925
Description
Virginia And Pittsburgh Copper Co.
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References
RADER, E.K., AND BIGGS, T.H., 1975, GEOLOGY OF THE FRONT ROYAL QUADRANGLE, VIRGINIA: VA. DIV. MIN. RES., REPT. OF INVESTIGATIONS 40, 91 P
Identification
Deposit ID10080698
MRDS IDW032039
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.89643, -78.20749
Base: USGS MRDS (public domain, frozen 2011). Community notes © their authors, CC-BY. Land data live from BLM.