| Lat / long: | 38.80865, -78.29555 |
| Primary: | Copper |
| Ore: | Bornite, Malachite |
| Gangue: | Calcite, Chlorite, Epidote, Feldspar, Quartz |
| Orebody form: | IRREGULAR |
| Discovery year: | 1903 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Vein |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| First production started: | 1903 |
| Host rock: | Catoctin Formation |
| Host type: | Meta-Basalt |
| Associated rock: | Cactoctin Formation |
| Associated type: | Meta-Basalt |
| Structure: | Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Ne-Sw Trend |
| Tectonic: | Orogen |
| Alteration processes: | Weathering Residual Accumulation |
| MRDS | W030929 |
| DEP | 10080043 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., AND BELL, S.C., 1980, METALLIC MINERALIZATION IN THE BLUE RIDGE PROVINCE OF VIRGINIA: VDMR, PUB. 27, P. 39-52.}{Deposit:: PHALEN, W.C., 1906, COPPER DEPOSITS NEAR LURAY VIRGINIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 285, 506 P.}{Deposit:: WATSON, T.L., 1907, MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA, J.P. BELL CO., 618 P.}{Deposit:: WEED, W.H., 1911, COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE APPALACHIAN STATES: USGS BULL. 455, 166 P.}{Deposit:: 1903 DIREXPL S.M. BOYD, SUNK 1 SHAFT, INTERMITTENTLY WORKED FOR 1 YEAR.}{Deposit:: 1978 RECON VA. DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES; SITE INSPECTED.} |
| Reporter | Beaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.) |