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Virginia and Pittsburgh Copper Co. Prospects

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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080698
MRDS ID W032039
Record type Site
Current site name Virginia and Pittsburgh Copper Co. Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.20749, 38.89643 (WGS84)
Elevation 229
Relative position 2.4 KM (1.5 MI) SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF FRONT ROYAL.

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Warren

Comments on the location information

  • ON THE WEST SIDE OF DICKEY RIDGE IN A RAVINE BEHIND THE KAUFFMAN FARMHOUSE ABOUT 0.5 KM (0.3 MI) SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF THE KAUFFMAN DRIVEWAY AND STATE ROAD 649, 0.8 KM (0.5 MI) BY ROAD SOUTH OF ITS INTERSECTION WITH U.S. ROUTE 340. SECOND PROSPECT IS LOCATED ON THE CREST OF A WESTWARD TRENDING RIDGE 0.7 KM (0.4 MI) SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED PROSPECT AT UTM COORDINATES N 4308115, E 741945, ELEV. 343 M, AND 0.34 KM (0.2 MI) EAST OF STATE ROAD 649, 2.4 KM (1.5 MI) BY ROAD SOUTH OF ITS INTERSECTION WITH U.S. ROUTE 340.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.20749, 38.89643
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium
Type of structure Local
Structure description Front Royal Fault

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE ()

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1925
Discoverer Virginia And Pittsburgh Copper Co.

Mining district

District name Northern Section-Blue Ridge Province

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Virginia And Pittsburgh Copper Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner North Prospect-Dorothy Kauffman: South Prospect - Donald Bohlmann

Comments on the workings information

  • NORTH PROSPECT CONSISTED OF OPEN CUT MINING WHERE THE ROCK WAS BLASTED OUT OF THE WALLS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE RAVINE. SOUTH PROSPECT CONSISTS OF 3 PITS, THE LARGEST IS ABOUT 4.6 M (15 FT) IN DIAMETER AND 1.0 M (3 FT) DEEP. SOME MALACHITE AND CHALCOPYRITE WERE SEEN AT THE NORTH PROSPECT. THE SOUTH PROSPECT CONTAINED ABUNDANT MALACHITE AND AZURITE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RADER, E.K., AND BIGGS, T.H., 1975, GEOLOGY OF THE FRONT ROYAL QUADRANGLE, VIRGINIA: VA. DIV. MIN. RES., REPT. OF INVESTIGATIONS 40, 91 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1982 Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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