Phoenix Mine

Occurrence in Fauquier county in Virginia, United States with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067227
MRDS ID VA01708
Record type Site
Current site name Phoenix Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.10638, 38.87782 (WGS84)
Elevation 549
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Est Undetermined, Est Undetermined

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fauquier(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Linden(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Fauquier

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED NEAR PRESENT FAUQUIER-WARREN COUNTY LINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.10638, 38.87782

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Blue Ridge Anticlinorium
Type of structure Local
Structure description Front Royal Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SWEET, P.C., AND BE.., S.C., 1980, METALLIC MINERALIZATION IN THE BLUE RIDGE PROVINCE OF VIRGINIA, IN CONTRIBVUTIONS TO VIRGINIA GEOLOGY - IV: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 27, P. 39-52.

  • Deposit

    AUSTIN, A.L., 1955, FAUQUIER, ONE OF THE NATION'S LEADING COPPER PRODUCERS: FAUQUIER DEMOCRAT NEWSPAPER, P. E4.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-87 Sweet, Palmer C. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.