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Mount Marshal Prospect

Occurrence in Rappahannock 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067242
MRDS ID VA01728
Record type Site
Current site name Mount Marshal Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.19277, 38.76476 (WGS84)
Elevation 625
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position Est Within 500 Meters, Est Within 500 Meters

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rappahannock(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)

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 Rappahannock

Comments on the location information

  • FOUR MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF WASHINGTON, VA, ON JOHN MILLER FARM. NOT LOCATED IN FIELD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Catactin Formation
    Rock description Catactin Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.19277, 38.76476
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1930

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FILE MEMO, 1930 (RAPPAHANNOCK CO.) INVESTIGATION OF THE COPPER PPT. ON MT. MARSHALL, RAPPAHANNOCK CO

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SECONDARY COPPER ALONG FACTURES (?)

Reporter information

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

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

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