Mine detail: Bealeton Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

38.55476, -77.73248

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Sulfur-Pyrite
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Pyrite
Gangue:	Calcite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1840

Production

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

Geology

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

References

MRDS	W000329
DEP	10067546
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Wright, Nancy A., Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.)