Mine detail: Chantilly Prospect A

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.88892, -77.41858

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Ore: Bornite, Chalcocite
Orebody form: BLANKET
Discovery year: 1947

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Diabase;Manassas Sandstone, Newark Group
Host type:Siltstone,Sandstone,Arkose
Associated rock:Diabase
Associated type:Diabase
Structure:Ne-Sw Trend, Culpeper Triassic Basin ; Reg.Trends: Northeast-Southwest
Tectonic:Basin, Piedmont

References

MRDSW000342
DEP10067558
Reference{Deposit:: LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966, BASE- AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED ORE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 7, 167 P.}{Deposit:: CANNON, R.S., 1947, UNPUB. MEMO IN CU COMMODITY FILE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.}{Deposit:: DRAKE, A.A., JR., AND FROELICH, A.J., 1977, BEDROCK MAP OF FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILE MAP 77-523, 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:48 000.}{Deposit:: BERNSTEIN, L.R.,1980, MINERALS OF THE WASHINGTON D.C. AREA, DEPT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, MARYLAND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, EDUCTIONAL SERIES NO. 5, 148P.}{Deposit:: 1948 GEOCHEM USGS-C. MILTON, GOOD CU TEST}{Deposit:: REPORT F-61 IN CU COMMODITY FILES BY CHARLES MILTON FOR R. S. CANNON 1-6-1948. (U.S.G.S. FILES).}{Reserve-Resource:: CANNON UNPUBLISHED MEMO}
ReporterMeintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.), Sweet, Palmer C.