| Lat / long: | 38.39421, -77.89415 |
| Primary: | Copper |
| Ore: | Chalcopyrite, Malachite |
| Gangue: | Pyrite |
| Orebody form: | IRREGULAR |
| Discovery year: | 1850 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| First production started: | 1850 |
| Host rock: | Diabase;Bull Run Shale, Newark Group;Manassas Sandstone, Newark Group |
| Host type: | Shale,Sandstone |
| Associated rock: | Diabase |
| Associated type: | Diabase |
| Structure: | Ne-Sw Trend, Culpeper Triassic Basin, Mt. Pony Stock |
| Tectonic: | Basin, Piedmont |
| MRDS | W000408 |
| DEP | 10067615 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: ROBERTS, J.K., 1928, THE GEOLOGY OF THE VIRGINIA TRIASSIC: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 29, 205 P.}{Deposit:: ROGERS, W.B., 1884, A REPRINT OF ANNUAL REPORTS AND OTHER PAPERS, ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE VIRGINIAS: NEW YORK, D. APPLETON & CO., 832 P.}{Deposit:: WEED, W.H., 1911, COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE APPALACHIAN STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 455, 166 P.}{Deposit:: DIREXPL LIMITED MINING CONDUCTE}{Production:: WEED (1911), P. 92.}{Reserve-Resource:: WEED REF.} |
| Reporter | Wright, Nancy A., Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) |