Mine detail: Batna Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.39421, -77.89415

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Malachite
Gangue:	Pyrite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1850

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1850

Geology

Host rock:	Diabase;Bull Run Shale, Newark Group;Manassas Sandstone, Newark Group
Host type:	Shale,Sandstone
Associated rock:	Diabase
Associated type:	Diabase
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Culpeper Triassic Basin, Mt. Pony Stock
Tectonic:	Basin, Piedmont

References

MRDS	W000408
DEP	10067615
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Wright, Nancy A., Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.)