| Lat / long: | 38.31477, -78.56751 |
| Primary: | Copper |
| Ore: | Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Cuprite, Malachite |
| Gangue: | Epidote, Jasper, Quartz |
| Orebody form: | POD/LENS, IRREGULAR |
| Discovery year: | 1914 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| First production started: | 1905 |
| Host rock: | Catoctin Formation |
| Host type: | Meta-Basalt |
| Associated rock: | Catoctin Formation |
| Associated type: | Meta-Basalt |
| Structure: | Blue Ridge Anticlinorium |
| Tectonic: | Orogen |
| Alteration processes: | Hydrometamorphism, Epidotization |
| MRDS | W030901 |
| DEP | 10080020 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., AND BELL, P.C., 1980, METALLIC MINERALIZATION IN THE BLUE RIDGE PROVINCE OF VIRGINIA, IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO VIRGINIA GEOLOGY - IV: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 27, P. 39-52.}{Deposit:: PHALEN, W.C., 1906, COPPER DEPOSITS NEAR LURAY, VIRGINIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 285, 506 P.}{Deposit:: WEED, WALTER H., 1911, COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE APPALACHIAN STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 455, 166 P.}{Deposit:: 1905 DIREXPL HIGHTOP COPPER CO.}{Deposit:: 1944 OTHER UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO RE-OPEN.}{Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA. DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES; SITE INSPECTED.} |
| Reporter | Beaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.), Sweet, Palmer C. |