Mine detail: Ambler Mine

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Location: Fauquier County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.87365, -78.11082
dep_id: 10080006
mrds_id: W030883
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Bornite, Copper, Malachite
gangue: Jasper, Quartz
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
ore_ctrl: Shear Zones (?)
Reporter: Meintzer, Robert E. (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, Transverse Faulting; Schistosity Strikes N55 Deg E And Dips 65 Deg Se; One Prominent Joint Strikes N 20 Deg. W
tectonic: Orogen
disc_yr: 1900
References:
  • Deposit:: LUKERT, M.T. AND NUCKOLS, E.B., III, 1976, GEOLOGY OF THE LINDEN AND FLINT HILL QUADRANGES, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, REPORT OF INVESTGATIONS 44, 83 P.
  • 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:: 1900 DIREXPL SEVERAL OPENINGS MADE (DATE APPROXIMATE)
  • Deposit:: 1978 RECON VA. DIV. MIN.RES: INSPECTED SITE
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