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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