Mine detail: Brentsville Prospect

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Location: Prince William County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.6881, -77.49913
dep_id: 10067541
mrds_id: W000324
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Malachite
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
Reporter: Wright, Nancy A., Sweet, Palmer C. (Meintzer, Robert E.)
hrock_unit: Bull Run Shale (Newark Group);Manassas Sandstone (Newark Group)
hrock_type: Shale,Sandstone
Structure: Ne-Sw Trend, Culpeper Triassic Basin
tectonic: Basin
References:
  • Deposit:: LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966, BASE- AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED ORE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 7, 167 P.
  • Deposit:: ROBERTS, J.K., 1928, THE GEOLOGY OF THE VIRGINIA TRIASSIC: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 29, 205 P.
  • Deposit:: 1920 GEOLMAP VA. GEOL. SURV.: MAPPED ARE
  • Reserve-Resource:: ROBERTS (1928)
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