Mine detail: Allen Mines

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Location

Lat / long:

37.91783, -78.88252

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Malachite
Discovery year:	1865

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1885

Geology

Host rock:	Catoctin Formation
Host type:	Greenstone
Associated rock:	Catoctin Formation
Associated 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

References

MRDS	W030920
DEP	10080035
Reference	{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)}
Reporter	Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.)