Mine detail: Hawksbill Mountain Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.55643, -78.39111

Resource(M)

Tertiary:	Copper
Ore:	Malachite
Discovery year:	1900

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Catoctin Formation
Host type:	Slate,Meta-Basalt
Associated rock:	Catoctin Formation
Associated type:	Meta-Basalt
Structure:	Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Ne-Sw Trend, Normal Fault About 1 Km Nne Of Area Trending S 40 Deg E.
Tectonic:	Orogen

References

MRDS	W030928
DEP	10080042
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:: WEED, W.H., 1911, COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE APPALACHIAN STATES, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 455, 166 P.}{Deposit:: 1979 RECON VA. DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES SHAFT NOT LOCATED.}{Deposit:: DIREXPL}
Reporter	Beaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.)