Mine detail: Gooney-Manor Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.8831, -78.24054

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold, Silver
Ore: Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Malachite
Gangue: Epidote, Quartz
Orebody form: LENS
Discovery year: 1914

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1914

Geology

Host rock:Catoctin Formation;Rockdale Run Formation
Host type:Meta-Basalt
Associated type:Meta-Basalt
Structure:Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Front Royal Fault
Tectonic:Orogen

References

MRDSW030927
DEP10080041
Reference{Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., AND BELL, S.C., 1980, METALLIC MINERALIZATION IN THE BLUE RIDGE PROVINCE OF VIRGINIA: VA. DIV. MIN. RES. PUBLICATION 27, P. 39-52.}{Deposit:: RADER, E.K., AND BIGGS, T.H., 1975, GEOLOGY OF THE FRONT ROYAL QUADRANGLE, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 40, 91 P.}{Deposit:: LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966, BASE-AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED ORE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VA. DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 7, 167 P.}{Deposit:: HANEY, M., 1909, GOONEY MANOR: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, V. 88, P. 235.}{Deposit:: HANEY, M., 1918, COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, V. 106, P. 248.}{Deposit:: 1909 DIREXPL VIRGINIA AND PITTSBURGH COPPER CO., SEVERAL CARLOADS OF ORE REMOVED, ASSAYED AT 5% COPPER.}{Deposit:: 1975 RECON VA. DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES; SITE INSPECTED.}{Production:: HANEY (1909)}
ReporterBeaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.), Trimble, David, C.