Mine detail: Mills Prospect

Previously called 'Cove Farm Prospect'

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Location: Warren County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.85421, -78.20693
dep_id: 10080044
mrds_id: W030930
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Bornite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Malachite
gangue: Epidote
work_type: Unknown
Reporter: Beaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.), Trimble, David, C.
hrock_unit: Catoctin Formation
hrock_type: Meta-Basalt
arock_unit: Catoctin Formation
arock_type: Basalt
Structure: Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Ne-Sw Trend
tectonic: Orogen
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:: WATSON, T.L., 1907, MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: J.P. BELL CO., LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA, 618 P.
  • Deposit:: WEED, W.H., 1911, COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE APPALACHIAN STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 455, 166 P.
  • Deposit:: 1978 RECON VA. DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES; SITE INSPECTED.
  • Deposit:: DIREXPL
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