| Deposit ID | 10299267 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0420010035 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Virgin Copper Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Virgin Copper Co |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -77.45939, 39.75692 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 466 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Adams(county)
Pennsylvania(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Iron Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Hagerstown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Baltimore(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Monocacy(hydrologic unit)
Potomac(hydrologic accounting unit)
Potomac(hydrologic subregion)
Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Pennsylvania | Adams |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Azurite | Unknown |
| Cuprite | Unknown |
| Electrum | Unknown |
| Malachite | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -77.45939, 39.75692 |
|---|
| Strike | N50E | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 60E | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 1M | ||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1865 |
| District name | South Mt Cu Belt |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Virgin Copper Co., Mr. Clarence A. Wills |
| Interest | 100 |
| Year | 1977 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0420010035 |
WHITE, C. B. VIRGIN COPPER MINE. WAR MINERALS MEMORANDUM USB
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ENTERED 1977 FOR MAS CU STUDY REC 010/NO RESERVE ESTIMATES, CU ENRICHMENT IS SPOTTY, NOT E REC 020/OWNER AS OF 1944 REC 040 FIELD 50-64/MINE IS LOCATED NEAR THE APPALACHIAN TRA |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-84 | Brocoum, A. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.