| Lat / long: | 39.25225, -77.53719 |
| Primary: | Iron |
| Orebody form: | IRREGULAR |
| Discovery year: | 1839 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| First production started: | 1839 |
| Host rock: | Catoctin Formation |
| Host type: | Sandstone |
| Structure: | Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Culpeper (Potomac) Basin Triassic Border Fault |
| Tectonic: | Piedmont |
| MRDS | W031229 |
| DEP | 10080142 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: KEITH, ARTHUR, 1894, HARPERS FERRY, VIRGINIA-MARYLAND-WEST VIRGINIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF THE U.S., FOLIO 10.}{Deposit:: LESLEY, J.P., 1882, THE EARLY IRON-WORKS OF THE VIRGINIAS: THE VIRGINIAS, V. 3, P. 41, 62, 87-88.}{Deposit:: WATSON, T.L., 1907, MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VA., J.P. BELL CO., 618 P.}{Deposit:: 1839 DIREXPL MINED ORE.}{Deposit:: 1894 GEOLMAP A. KEITH: ISSUED GEO. ATLAS FOLIO 10.}{Production:: LESLEY (1882, P. 41)} |
| Reporter | Meintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.) |