| Deposit ID | 10079987 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W030860 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Ida Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -78.42611, 38.60337 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 460 |
| Relative position | 2.4 KM (1.5 MILES) SE OF CAVETOWN, 0.56 KM (0.35 MI) OFF THE W SIDE OF STATE ROAD 689 ABOUT 0.89 KM (0.55 MI) BY ROAD SOUTH OF ITS INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROAD 668. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Page(county)
Virginia(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Big Meadows(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Front Royal(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Charlottesville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
South Fork Shenandoah(hydrologic unit)
Potomac(hydrologic accounting unit)
Potomac(hydrologic subregion)
Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Virginia | Page |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Copper | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Feldspar | Gangue |
| Jasper | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Meta-Basalt | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Catoctin Formation | ||||||||
| Rock description | Catoctin Formation | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Meta-Basalt |
| Rock unit name | Catoctin Formation |
| Rock description | Catoctin Formation |
| (1) | -78.42611, 38.60337 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Ne-Sw Trend |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1900 |
| Discoverer | Virginia Consolidated Copper Co. (?) |
| Year of first production | 1902 |
| Year of last production | 1904 |
| District name | Northern Section-Blue Ridge Province |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Virginia Consolidated Copper Co. |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 116M |
| Overall depth | 94M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W030860 |
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.
WEED, W.H., 1911, COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE APPALACHIAN STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 455, 166 P.
ALLEN, R.M., JR., 1967, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF PAGE COUNTY: VA. DIV. MIN. RES. BULL. 81, 78 P.
WATSON, T.L., 1907, MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA, J.P. BELL CO., 618 P.
1905 DIREXPL VIRGINIA CONSOLIDATED COPPER COMPANY EXTENSIVELY DEVELOPED THE MINE.
1973 RECON VA. DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES; SITE INSPECTED.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MINERALIZATION OCCURS WITH QUARTZ VEINLETS AND AS FILMS AND SPECKS IN ZONES OF CLOSE JOINTING IN THE EPIDOTIZED CATOCTIN GREENSTONE. ORE OCCURRENCE DIMINISHES AT DEPTH. ORE CONFINED TO ZONES OF SHEETED, SOFTENED ROCK. WEED (1911) REPORTS PRODUCTION OF A FEW TONS OF ORE CONTAINING MALACHITE, AZURITE AT 9 M LEVEL |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1979 | Beaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-AUG-1982 | Trimble, David, C. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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