| Lat / long: | 38.3906, -78.44166 |
| Primary: | Copper |
| Tertiary: | Sulfur-Pyrite |
| Ore: | Chalcopyrite, Copper, Cuprite, Malachite, Pyrite |
| Gangue: | Calcite, Epidote, Quartz |
| Orebody form: | IRREGULAR, POD/LENS |
| Discovery year: | 1914 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| First production started: | 1914 |
| Host rock: | Catoctin Formation;Swift Run Formation |
| Host type: | Meta-Basalt |
| Associated rock: | Catoctin Formation |
| Associated type: | Meta-Basalt |
| Structure: | Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Ne-Sw Trend |
| Tectonic: | Orogen |
| MRDS | W030902 |
| DEP | 10080021 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., AND BELL, S.C., 1980, METALLIC MINERALIZATION IN THE BLUE RIDGE PROVINCE OF VIRGINIA: VA. DIV. MIN. RES. PUBLICATION 27, P. 39-52.}{Deposit:: WEED, W.H., 1911, COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE APPALACHIAN STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 455, 166 P.}{Deposit:: ALLEN, R.M., JR., 1963, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GREENE AND MADISON COUNTIES: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 78, 102 P.}{Deposit:: 1978 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES, LOCATED EXCAVATIONS.}{Deposit:: DIREXPL PIEDMONT COPPER CO., SOME MINING (?).} |
| Reporter | Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.), Trimble, David, C. |