| Lat / long: | 37.91783, -78.88252 |
| Primary: | Copper |
| Ore: | Chalcopyrite, Malachite |
| Discovery year: | 1865 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| First production started: | 1885 |
| Host rock: | Catoctin Formation |
| Host type: | Greenstone |
| Associated rock: | Catoctin Formation |
| Associated type: | Meta-Basalt |
| Structure: | Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Schistosity: Strike-N75 Deg. E, Dip-30 Deg Se; Main Joint. Strike-N42 Deg E, Dip 74 Deg Nw. |
| Tectonic: | Orogen |
| MRDS | W030920 |
| DEP | 10080035 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: BARTHOLOMEW, M.J., 1977, GEOLOGY OF GREENFIELD AND SHERANDO QUADRANGLES, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 4, 43 P.}{Deposit:: SWEET, P.C. AND BELL, S.C., 1980, METALLIC MINERALIZATION IN THE BLUE RIDGE PROVINCE OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, IN PREPARATION.}{Deposit:: 1885 DIREXPL MINE OPERATED 1885 TO 1905}{Deposit:: 1978 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES.: INSPECTED SITE.}{Production:: SWEET AND BELL (1980)} |
| Reporter | Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) |