Mine detail: Manassas Gap Mine

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Location:	Fauquier County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long:	38.8631, -78.12304
dep_id:	10080007
mrds_id:	W030884
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Copper
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Production occurred
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Cuprite, Malachite
gangue:	Calcite, Epidote, Quartz, Tourmaline
orebody_fm:	IRREGULAR
work_type:	Surface/Underground
conc_proc:	Percolation Of Surface Water Through Ore-Bearing Rock
ore_ctrl:	Joints
Reporter:	Trimble, David, C., Beaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.)
hrock_unit:	Catoctin Formation
hrock_type:	Meta-Basalt
arock_unit:	Catoctin Formation
arock_type:	Meta-Basalt
Structure:	Blue Ridge Anticlinorium
tectonic:	Orogen
Year first produced:	1854
disc_yr:	1853
discr:	Manassas Gap Copper Mining 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:: WATSON, T.L., 1907, MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VA, J.P. BELL CO., 618 P. Deposit:: WEED, H.W., 1911, COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE APPALACHIAN STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 455, 166 P. Deposit:: LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966, BASE-AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED ORE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 7, 167 P. Deposit:: WHITNEY, J.D., 1854, THE METALLIC WEALTH OF THE UNITED STATES: PHILADELPHIA, LIPPINCOTT, GRAMBO AND CO., P. 320. Deposit:: 1853 DIREXPL MANASSAS GAP COPPER MINING COMPANY (CARTER COMPANY) 3 SHAFTS SUNK. Deposit:: 1978 RECON VA. DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES; SITE INVESTIGATED