Mine detail: Rudacill Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.84865, -78.20499

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Bornite, Copper, Cuprite, Malachite
Gangue:	Epidote, Jasper
Discovery year:	1905

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1905

Geology

Host rock:	Catoctin Formation
Host type:	Meta-Basalt
Associated rock:	Catoctin Formation
Associated type:	Meta-Basalt
Structure:	Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Ne-Sw Trend
Tectonic:	Orogen

References

MRDS	W030931
DEP	10080045
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:: WATSON, T.L., 1907, MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: J.P.BELL CO., LYNCHBURG, VA., 618 P.}{Deposit:: 1905 DIREXPL VIRGINIA AND PITTSBURG COPPER COMPANY; 2 OPENINGS MADE.}{Deposit:: 1978 RECON VA. DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES; SITE INSPECTED.}
Reporter	Beaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.), Trimble, David, C.