| Lat / long: | 38.87365, -78.11082 |
| Primary: | Copper |
| Ore: | Bornite, Copper, Malachite |
| Gangue: | Jasper, Quartz |
| Orebody form: | IRREGULAR |
| Discovery year: | 1900 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | None |
| Development status: | Occurrence |
| Host rock: | Catoctin Formation |
| Host type: | Meta-Basalt |
| Associated rock: | Catoctin Formation |
| Associated 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 |
| MRDS | W030883 |
| DEP | 10080006 |
| Reference | {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} |
| Reporter | Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.), Trimble, David, C. |