Mine detail: Taylors Prospect

Previously called 'Somerset Prospect'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.21672, -78.23305

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Sulfur-Pyrite
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Pyrite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1835

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Bull Run Formation (Catharpin Creek Member)
Host type:	Shale,Sandstone
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Triassic-Jurassic Border Fault, Barboursville Basin (Outlier Of Culpeper Basin)
Tectonic:	Basin

References

MRDS	W030922
DEP	10080036
Reference	{Deposit:: ROBERTS, J.K., 1928, THE GEOLOGY OF THE VIRGINIA TRIASSIC: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 29, 205 P.}{Deposit:: ROGERS, W.B., 1884, A REPRINT OF ANNUAL REPORTS AND OTHER PAPERS, ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE VIRGINIAS: NEW YORK, D. APPLETON AND CO., 832 P.}{Deposit:: LEE, K.Y., 1980, TRIASSIC-JURASSIC GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE CULPEPER BASIN AND THE BARBOURSVILLE BASIN: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 80-468, 9 P.}{Deposit:: 1835 DIREXPL ATTEMPT TO DEVELOP MINE}
Reporter	Meintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.)