Mine detail: Hawksbill Mountain Prospect

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Location: Page County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.55643, -78.39111
dep_id: 10080042
mrds_id: W030928
Commodity type: metallic
Trace mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Malachite
work_type: Unknown
Reporter: Beaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.)
hrock_unit: Catoctin Formation
hrock_type: Slate,Meta-Basalt
arock_unit: Catoctin Formation
arock_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
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1900
References:
  • 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
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