Location: | Nelson County, Virginia, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 37.66673, -78.79974 |
dep_id: | 10080038 |
mrds_id: | W030923 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Copper |
Trace mineral: | Sulfur-Pyrite |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Past Producer |
ore: | Bornite, Pyrite |
gangue: | Quartz |
Reporter: | Meintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.) |
hrock_unit: | Catoctin Formation |
hrock_type: | Greenstone |
arock_unit: | Catoctin Formation |
arock_type: | Meta-Basalt |
Structure: | Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Triassic Basin Border Fault, Transverse Faulting |
tectonic: | Piedmont |
References: |
- Deposit:: FURCRON, A.S., 1935, JAMES RIVER IRON AND MARBLE BELT, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 39, 124 P
- Deposit:: 1929 GEOLMAP VA. GEOL. SURV.: ISSUED BULL. 39.
- Deposit:: DIREXPL SHAFT SUNK
- Production:: FURCRON (1935, P. 109)
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