| Lat / long: | 38.82643, -77.49025 |
| Primary: | Stone, Crushed/Broken |
| Tertiary: | Copper, Silver |
| Ore: | Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Diabase, Silver |
| Gangue: | Apophyllite, Biotite, Chlorite, Epidote, Labradorite, Laumontite, Magnetite, Prehnite, Quartz |
| Orebody form: | IRREGULAR |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Large |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| First production started: | 1926 |
| Host rock: | Diabase |
| Host type: | Diabase |
| Associated rock: | Diabase |
| Associated type: | Diabase |
| Structure: | Culpeper (Potomac) Triassic Basin, Faulting |
| Tectonic: | Basin |
| MRDS | W000823 |
| DEP | 10067924 |
| Reference | {Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: GOOCH AND OTHERS, 1960, P. 34.}{Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., 1980, DIRECTORY OF THE MINERAL INDUSTRY-1979: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, 55 P.}{Deposit:: GOOCH, E.O., WOOD, R.S., AND PARROTT, W.T., 1960, SOURCES OF AGGREGATE USED IN VIRGINIA HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 1, 65 P.}{Deposit:: MEDICI, J.C., 1972, MINERALS OF THE FAIRFAX QUARRY, CENTREVILLE, VIRGINIA: MINERALOGICAL RECORD, V. 3, NO. 4, P. 173-179.}{Deposit:: 1977 GEOLMAP A.A. DRAKE, JR. & A.J. FROELICH: MAPPED AREA} |
| Reporter | Wright, Nancy A., Meintzer, Robt. E. (Sweet, P. C.) |