Mine detail: Phoenix Mine

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Location: Fauquier County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.87782, -78.10638
dep_id: 10067227
mrds_id: VA01708
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
Reporter: Sweet, Palmer C.
Structure: Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Front Royal Fault
References:
  • Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., AND BE.., S.C., 1980, METALLIC MINERALIZATION IN THE BLUE RIDGE PROVINCE OF VIRGINIA, IN CONTRIBVUTIONS TO VIRGINIA GEOLOGY - IV: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 27, P. 39-52.
  • Deposit:: AUSTIN, A.L., 1955, FAUQUIER, ONE OF THE NATIO* LEADING COPPER PRODUCERS: FAUQUIER DEMOCRAT NEWSPAPER, P. E4.
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