| Location: | Page County, Virginia, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 38.60337, -78.42611 |
| dep_id: | 10079987 |
| mrds_id: | W030860 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Copper |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Vein |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Copper, Malachite |
| gangue: | Chlorite, Epidote, Feldspar, Jasper, Quartz |
| orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR |
| work_type: | Underground |
| conc_proc: | Percolation Of Surface Waters Through Copper-Bearing Rocks |
| ore_ctrl: | Joints |
| Reporter: | Beaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.), Trimble, David, C. |
| hrock_unit: | Catoctin Formation |
| hrock_type: | Meta-Basalt |
| arock_unit: | Catoctin Formation |
| arock_type: | Meta-Basalt |
| Structure: | Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Ne-Sw Trend |
| tectonic: | Orogen |
| Year first produced: | 1902 |
| yr_lst_prd: | 1904 |
| disc_yr: | 1900 |
| discr: | Virginia Consolidated Copper Co. (?) |
| References: |
- Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., AND BELL, S.C., 1980, METALLIC MINERALIZATION IN THE BLUE RIDGE PROVINCE OF VIRGINIA: VA. DIV. MIN. RES. PUBLICATION 27, P. 39-52.
- Deposit:: WEED, W.H., 1911, COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE APPALACHIAN STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 455, 166 P.
- Deposit:: ALLEN, R.M., JR., 1967, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF PAGE COUNTY: VA. DIV. MIN. RES. BULL. 81, 78 P.
- Deposit:: WATSON, T.L., 1907, MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA, J.P. BELL CO., 618 P.
- Deposit:: 1905 DIREXPL VIRGINIA CONSOLIDATED COPPER COMPANY EXTENSIVELY DEVELOPED THE MINE.
- Deposit:: 1973 RECON VA. DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES; SITE INSPECTED.
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