Mine detail: Brentsville Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.6881, -77.49913

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Malachite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Bull Run Shale (Newark Group);Manassas Sandstone (Newark Group)
Host type:	Shale,Sandstone
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Culpeper Triassic Basin
Tectonic:	Basin

References

MRDS	W000324
DEP	10067541
Reference	{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)}
Reporter	Wright, Nancy A., Sweet, Palmer C. (Meintzer, Robert E.)