| Deposit ID | 10080041 |
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| MRDS ID | W030927 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Gooney-Manor Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -78.24054, 38.8831 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 197 |
| Relative position | 4.6 KM (2.9 MI) SW OF CITY LIMITS OF FRONT ROYAL. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Warren(county)
Virginia(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Front Royal(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 | Warren |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Copper | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Meta-Basalt | ||||
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| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Meta-Basalt |
| Rock unit name | Catoctin Formation;Rockdale Run Formation |
| Rock description | Catoctin Formation;Rockdale Run Formation |
| (1) | -78.24054, 38.8831 |
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| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Blue Ridge Anticlinorium |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Front Royal Fault |
| General form | LENS |
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| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1914 |
| Year of first production | 1914 |
| District name | Northern Section-Blue Ridge Province |
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| Ownership category | Private |
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| Type | Operator |
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| Owner | Virginia And Pittsburgh Copper Co. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W030927 |
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.
RADER, E.K., AND BIGGS, T.H., 1975, GEOLOGY OF THE FRONT ROYAL QUADRANGLE, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 40, 91 P.
LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966, BASE-AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED ORE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VA. DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 7, 167 P.
HANEY, M., 1909, GOONEY MANOR: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, V. 88, P. 235.
HANEY, M., 1918, COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, V. 106, P. 248.
1909 DIREXPL VIRGINIA AND PITTSBURGH COPPER CO., SEVERAL CARLOADS OF ORE REMOVED, ASSAYED AT 5% COPPER.
1975 RECON VA. DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES; SITE INSPECTED.
HANEY (1909)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | COPPER MINERALIZATION OCCURS ALONG CREVICES AND IN FRACTURES FORMED IN GREENSTONE. THE DEPOSIT WAS DESCRIBED AS "A LENS-SHAPED ORE BODY AT THE CONTACT OF THE PORPHYRY AND LIMESTONE." SULFIDES WERE FOUND AT A DEPTH OF 107 M (350 FT) IN A 2 M (7 FT) THICK ORE BODY THAT WAS TRACED 244 M (800 FT) ALONG STRIKE. |
| Deposit | AREA PARTLY OVERGROWN WITH VEGETATION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: PRE-WW1 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1979 | Beaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JUN-1982 | Trimble, David, C. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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