Mine detail: Sealoch Mine

Previously called 'Marshall MineSealock MineRavenswood Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.88198, -78.10693

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Ore: Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Cuprite, Malachite
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1863

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1861

Geology

Host type:Diabase,Meta-Basalt
Associated rock:Catoctin Formation
Associated type:Diabase,Basalt
Structure:Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Front Royal Fault
Tectonic:Orogen
Alteration processes:Concentration

References

MRDSW030932
DEP10080046
Reference{Deposit:: SWEET, P.C. AND BELL, S.C., 1980 METALLIC MINERALIZATION IN THE BLUE RIDGE PROVINCE OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES IN PREPARATION}{Deposit:: WATSON, T.L., 1907, MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VA, J.P. BELL CO., 618 P.}{Deposit:: LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966, BASE-AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED ORE DEPOSIOF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 7, 167 P.}{Deposit:: WEED, W.H., 1911, COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE APPALACHIAN STATES, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 455, 166 P.}{Deposit:: 1861 DIREXPL 35 TONS OF CU ORE REMOVED AND SHIPPED ABROAD.}{Deposit:: 1904 DIREXPL 61M SHAFT DRIVEN.}{Deposit:: 1978 RECON VA. DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES; SITE INSPECTED.}{Production:: WEED (1911).}
ReporterBeaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.)