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Mills Prospect

Occurrence in Warren 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. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080044
MRDS ID W030930
Record type Site
Current site name Mills Prospect
Alternate or previous names Cove Farm Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.20693, 38.85421 (WGS84)
Elevation 707
Relative position 5.3 KM (3.3 MI) NNE OF BROWNTOWN; 500M SSE OF SIGNAL KNOB OVERLOOK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Warren(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chester Gap(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)

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 Warren

Comments on the location information

  • IN SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK; 2.34 KM (1.45 MI) S OF THE DICKEY RIDGE VISITOR CENTER OFF THE E SIDE OF THE SKYLINE DRIVE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BORNITE OCCURS IN LOWEST DEPTHS OF THE CUT.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Copper Ore
Malachite Ore
Epidote Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > 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 > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Meta-Basalt
    Rock unit name Catoctin Formation
    Rock description Catoctin Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.20693, 38.85421
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Ne-Sw Trend

Comments on the geologic information

  • ROCK ON SLOPE CONSISTS OF DARK GREEN DENSE GREENSTONE, EPIDOTIZED IN PLACES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Northern Section-Blue Ridge Province

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Government

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Area 0.002HA
    Overall length 10.06M
    Overall width 2M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS LOCATED ON A LEDGE 15M LONG AND 6M WIDE ABOUT 61M BELOW THE SUMMIT OF DICKEY HILL. IN 1978, THE LEDGE CONTAINED SHALLOW DEPRESSIONS, BUT NO DEFINATE OPENINGS.

Comments on development

  • WORKINGS ARE LOCATED ON A LEDGE 15M LONG AND 6M WIDE ABOUT 61M BELOW THE SUMMIT OF DICKEY HILL.

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

    WATSON, T.L., 1907, MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: J.P. BELL CO., LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA, 618 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1978 RECON VA. DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES; SITE INSPECTED.

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO MINERALIZATION WAS SEEN IN 1978

Reporter information

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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