Mine detail: Ida Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.60337, -78.42611

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Copper, Malachite
Gangue:	Chlorite, Epidote, Feldspar, Jasper, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1900

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1902
Last production ended:	1904

Geology

Host rock:	Catoctin Formation
Host type:	Meta-Basalt
Associated rock:	Catoctin Formation
Associated type:	Meta-Basalt
Structure:	Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Ne-Sw Trend
Tectonic:	Orogen

References

MRDS	W030860
DEP	10079987
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Beaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.), Trimble, David, C.