| Deposit ID | 10067558 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W000342 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Chantilly Prospect A |
| Geographic coordinates: | -77.41858, 38.88892 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 91 |
| Relative position | 1.3 KM (0.8 MI) SE OF CHANTILLY. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Fairfax(county)
Virginia(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Herndon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Washington West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Washington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Middle Potomac-Anacostia-Occoquan(hydrologic unit)
Potomac(hydrologic accounting unit)
Potomac(hydrologic subregion)
Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Virginia | Fairfax |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Diabase | ||||||
| Rock description | Diabase | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Arkose |
| Rock unit name | Diabase;Manassas Sandstone, Newark Group |
| Rock description | Diabase;Manassas Sandstone, Newark Group |
| (1) | -77.41858, 38.88892 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Ne-Sw Trend, Culpeper Triassic Basin ; Reg.Trends: Northeast-Southwest |
| General form | BLANKET |
|---|---|
| Strike | N.-S. |
| Dip | 10 DEG. E. |
| Thickness | 0.9M |
| Length | 1.8M |
| Width | 1.8M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1947 |
| Discoverer | R. S. Cannon |
| District name | Culpeper Basin |
|---|
| Ownership category | State |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W000342 |
LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966, BASE- AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED ORE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 7, 167 P.
CANNON, R.S., 1947, UNPUB. MEMO IN CU COMMODITY FILE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.
BERNSTEIN, L.R.,1980, MINERALS OF THE WASHINGTON D.C. AREA, DEPT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, MARYLAND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, EDUCTIONAL SERIES NO. 5, 148P.
1948 GEOCHEM USGS-C. MILTON, GOOD CU TEST
REPORT F-61 IN CU COMMODITY FILES BY CHARLES MILTON FOR R. S. CANNON 1-6-1948. (U.S.G.S. FILES).
CANNON UNPUBLISHED MEMO
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | INFO. FROM CANNON MEMO. COPPER ORES ARE DISSEMINATED AS PELLETS IN CLASTIC SEDIMENTS |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1972 | Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) | Virginia Division of Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-JUL-1987 | Sweet, Palmer C. | Virginia Division of Mineral Resources |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.