| Lat / long: | 38.55393, -77.67081 |
| Primary: | Copper |
| Ore: | Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Malachite |
| Gangue: | Pyrite |
| Orebody form: | IRREGULAR |
| Discovery year: | 1861 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | None |
| Development status: | Occurrence |
| Host rock: | Diabase Dike;Manassas Sandstone (Newark Group) |
| Host type: | Diabase,Sandstone |
| Associated rock: | Diabase Dike |
| Associated type: | Diabase |
| Structure: | Ne-Sw Trend, Culpeper Triassic Basin |
| Tectonic: | Basin |
| MRDS | W000332 |
| DEP | 10067549 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: JACKSON, C.T., 1857, THE SO-CALLED COPPER MINE AT ELK RUN, FAUQUIER COUNTY, VIRGINIA: PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOSTON SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY, V.6, P.183.}{Deposit:: LONSDALE, J.T., 1927, GEOLOGY OF THE GOLD-PYRITE BELT OF THE NORTHEASTERN PIEDMONT, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 30, 110 P.}{Deposit:: 1857 DIREXPL DEPOSIT PROSPECTE} |
| Reporter | Wright, Nancy A., Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) |