Mine detail: Goose Creek Mine

Previously called 'Eagle Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.09364, -77.50552

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Silver
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, Silver
Gangue:	Calcite, Epidote, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1895

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1883

Geology

Host rock:	Diabase;Bull Run Shale, Newark Group
Host type:	Shale
Associated rock:	Diabase
Associated type:	Diabase
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Culpeper (Potomac) Triassic Basin, Belmont Stock
Tectonic:	Basin

References

MRDS	W030917
DEP	10080032
Reference	{Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: WISE (1884, P. 192)}{Deposit:: ROBERTS, J.K., 1928, THE GEOLOGY OF THE VIRGINIA TRIASSIC: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 29, 205 P.}{Deposit:: TOEWE, E.C., 1966, GEOLOGY OF THE LEESBURG QUADRANGLE, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 11, 52 P.}{Deposit:: WEED, W.H., 1911, COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE APPALACHIAN STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 455, 166 P.}{Deposit:: WISE, F.N., 1884, THE COPPER ORES OF LOUDOUN COUNTY, VA.: THE VIRGINIAS, V. 5, NO. 12, P. 192.}{Deposit:: 1883 DIREXPL EAGLE MINING CO.: OPENED MINE.}{Deposit:: 1894 GEOLMAP A. KEITH: ISSUED GEOL. ATLAS FOLIO 10.}{Deposit:: 1911 RECON W.H. WEED: ISSUED BULL. 455.}{Deposit:: 1924 GEOLMAP VA. GEOL. SURV. ISSUED BULL. 29.}{Deposit:: 1966 GEOLMAP VA. DIV. MIN. RES.: ISSUED REP. INV. 11.}{Production:: ROBERTS (1928, P. 135).}
Reporter	Meintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.), Sweet, Palmer C.