Mine detail: Bealeton Prospect

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Location: Fauquier County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.55476, -77.73248
dep_id: 10067546
mrds_id: W000329
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Sulfur-Pyrite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcopyrite, Pyrite
gangue: Calcite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
Reporter: Wright, Nancy A., Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.)
hrock_unit: Diabase Dike;Bull Run Shale (Newark Group)
hrock_type: Shale
arock_unit: Diabase Dike
arock_type: Diabase
Structure: Ne-Sw Trend, Culpeper Triassic Basin
tectonic: Basin
disc_yr: 1840
References:
  • Deposit:: LUTTRELL, G.W., BASE- AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED ORE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: MINERAL RESOURCES REP. 7, 167 P.
  • Deposit:: ROBERTS, J.K., 1928, THE GEOLOGY OF THE VIRGINIA TRIASSIC: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 29, 205 P.
  • Deposit:: 1840 DIREXPL PROPERTY PROSPECTED
  • Deposit:: 1916 DIREXPL PROPERTY PROSPECTED
  • Production:: ROBERTS REFERENCE.
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