| Location: | Madison County, Virginia, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 38.52726, -78.40916 |
| dep_id: | 10080033 |
| mrds_id: | W030918 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Copper |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Chalcopyrite, Copper, Cuprite, Malachite |
| gangue: | Calcite, Epidote, Quartz, Serpentine |
| orebody_fm: | LINEAR |
| work_type: | Underground |
| conc_proc: | Percolation Of Surface Waters. |
| ore_ctrl: | Jointing |
| Reporter: | Beaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.), Sweet, Palmer C. |
| hrock_unit: | Catoctin Formation;Pedlar Formation |
| hrock_type: | Meta-Basalt |
| arock_unit: | Catoctin Formation;Pedlar Formation |
| arock_type: | Syenite,Meta-Basalt |
| Structure: | Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Ne-Sw Trend |
| tectonic: | Orogen |
| Year first produced: | 1850 |
| disc_yr: | 1847 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., AND BELL, S.C., 1980, METALLIC MINERALIZATION IN THE BLUE RIDGE PROVINCE OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, IN PREPARATION.
- 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:: POLLOCK, G. F., 1960, SKYLAND, CHESAPEAKE BOOK CO., 283P.
- Deposit:: 1902 DIREXPL BLUE RIDGE COPPER CO.: 3 SHAFTS SUNK.
- Deposit:: 1973 RECON VA. DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES: SITE LOCATED.
- Production:: WEED (1911)
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