| Location: | Fauquier County, Virginia, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 38.55393, -77.67081 |
| dep_id: | 10067549 |
| mrds_id: | W000332 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Copper |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | No production occurred |
| Development status: | Occurrence |
| ore: | Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Malachite |
| gangue: | Pyrite |
| orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR |
| Reporter: | Wright, Nancy A., Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) |
| hrock_unit: | Diabase Dike;Manassas Sandstone (Newark Group) |
| hrock_type: | Diabase,Sandstone |
| arock_unit: | Diabase Dike |
| arock_type: | Diabase |
| Structure: | Ne-Sw Trend, Culpeper Triassic Basin |
| tectonic: | Basin |
| dy_ba: | < |
| disc_yr: | 1861 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: JACKSON, C.T., 1857, THE SO-CALLED COPPER MINE AT ELK RUN, FAUQUIER COUNTY, VIRGINIA: PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOSTON SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY, V.6, P.183.
- Deposit:: LONSDALE, J.T., 1927, GEOLOGY OF THE GOLD-PYRITE BELT OF THE NORTHEASTERN PIEDMONT, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 30, 110 P.
- Deposit:: 1857 DIREXPL DEPOSIT PROSPECTE
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