Mine detail: Virginia and Pittsburgh Copper Co. Prospects

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Location: Warren County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.89643, -78.20749
dep_id: 10080698
mrds_id: W032039
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcopyrite, Malachite
gangue: Epidote, Quartz
orebody_fm: LENSE ()
ore_ctrl: Shear Zone
Reporter: Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)
hrock_unit: Catoctin Greenstone
hrock_type: Meta-Basalt
Structure: Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Front Royal Fault
tectonic: Orogen
disc_yr: 1925
discr: Virginia And Pittsburgh Copper Co.
References:
  • RADER, E.K., AND BIGGS, T.H., 1975, GEOLOGY OF THE FRONT ROYAL QUADRANGLE, VIRGINIA: VA. DIV. MIN. RES., REPT. OF INVESTIGATIONS 40, 91 P
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