| Location: | Culpeper County, Virginia, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 38.39421, -77.89415 |
| dep_id: | 10067615 |
| mrds_id: | W000408 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Copper |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Chalcopyrite, Malachite |
| gangue: | Pyrite |
| orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR |
| Reporter: | Wright, Nancy A., Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) |
| hrock_unit: | Diabase;Bull Run Shale, Newark Group;Manassas Sandstone, Newark Group |
| hrock_type: | Shale,Sandstone |
| arock_unit: | Diabase |
| arock_type: | Diabase |
| Structure: | Ne-Sw Trend, Culpeper Triassic Basin, Mt. Pony Stock |
| tectonic: | Basin, Piedmont |
| Year first produced: | 1850 |
| disc_yr: | 1850 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: ROBERTS, J.K., 1928, THE GEOLOGY OF THE VIRGINIA TRIASSIC: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 29, 205 P.
- Deposit:: ROGERS, W.B., 1884, A REPRINT OF ANNUAL REPORTS AND OTHER PAPERS, ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE VIRGINIAS: NEW YORK, D. APPLETON & CO., 832 P.
- Deposit:: WEED, W.H., 1911, COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE APPALACHIAN STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 455, 166 P.
- Deposit:: DIREXPL LIMITED MINING CONDUCTE
- Production:: WEED (1911), P. 92.
- Reserve-Resource:: WEED REF.
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