| Location: | Nelson County, Virginia, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 37.91783, -78.88252 |
| dep_id: | 10080035 |
| mrds_id: | W030920 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Copper |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Chalcopyrite, Malachite |
| ore_ctrl: | Shear Zones |
| Reporter: | Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) |
| hrock_unit: | Catoctin Formation |
| hrock_type: | Greenstone |
| arock_unit: | Catoctin Formation |
| arock_type: | Meta-Basalt |
| Structure: | Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Schistosity: Strike-N75 Deg. E, Dip-30 Deg Se; Main Joint. Strike-N42 Deg E, Dip 74 Deg Nw. |
| tectonic: | Orogen |
| Year first produced: | 1885 |
| dy_ba: | > |
| disc_yr: | 1865 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: BARTHOLOMEW, M.J., 1977, GEOLOGY OF GREENFIELD AND SHERANDO QUADRANGLES, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 4, 43 P.
- 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:: 1885 DIREXPL MINE OPERATED 1885 TO 1905
- Deposit:: 1978 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES.: INSPECTED SITE.
- Production:: SWEET AND BELL (1980)
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