Mine detail: Elk Run Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

38.55393, -77.67081

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Malachite
Gangue:	Pyrite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1861

Production

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

Geology

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

References

MRDS	W000332
DEP	10067549
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Wright, Nancy A., Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.)