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Hawksbill Mountain Prospect

Occurrence in Page county in Virginia, United States with commodity Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080042
MRDS ID W030928
Record type Site
Current site name Hawksbill Mountain Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.39111, 38.55643 (WGS84)
Elevation 1067
Relative position ABOUT 6 KM (4 MI) NE OF BIG MEADOWS WAYSIDE IN THE VICINITY OF HAWKSBILL MOUNTAIN AND HAWKSBILL GAP.

Site location context

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)

Rapidan-Upper Rappahannock(hydrologic unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Shenandoah National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Page

Comments on the location information

  • MINE NOT LOCATED IN 1978. UTM AND ELEVATION ARE APPROXIMATE; SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE MINERALIZATION REPORTED ALONG APPALACHIAN TRAIL.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Meta-Basalt
    Rock unit name Catoctin Formation
    Rock description Catoctin Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Meta-Basalt
    Rock unit name Catoctin Formation
    Rock description Catoctin Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.39111, 38.55643
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Ne-Sw Trend
Type of structure Local
Structure description Normal Fault About 1 Km Nne Of Area Trending S 40 Deg E.

Comments on the geologic information

  • SWIFT RUN FORMATION (PREC); A SERICITE SHALE QUARTZITE AND CONGLOMERATE; LIES ABOUT 0.5 KM TO THE NW.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900

Mining district

District name Northern Section-Blue Ridge Province

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Government

Comments on the production information

  • ACTUAL PRODUCTION IS UNLIKELY.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 18.3M

Comments on the workings information

  • NO EVIDENCE OF OLD SHAFT REPORTED 1978. MANY GREENSTONE ROCKSLIDES ON NE SIDE OF HAWKSBILL MTN. WERE REPORTED 1978. WATER-FILLED SHAFT REPORTED 1911.

Comments on development

  • REPORTEDLY WORKED IN THE 1800'S, 18.3M SHAFT SUNK

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    WEED, W.H., 1911, COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE APPALACHIAN STATES, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 455, 166 P.

  • Deposit

    1979 RECON VA. DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES SHAFT NOT LOCATED.

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1979 Beaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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