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Bealeton Prospect

Occurrence in Fauquier county in Virginia, United States with commodities Copper, Sulfur-Pyrite
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067546
MRDS ID W000329
Record type Site
Current site name Bealeton Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.73248, 38.55476 (WGS84)
Elevation 93
Relative position ABOUT 4.9 KM (3.1 MI) SSW OF MIDLAND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fauquier(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Midland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Washington West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Washington(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

  • POSITION APPROXIMATE, NOT FIELD CHECKED; DESCRIBED AS BEING LOCATED 2.25 MI SE OF BEALETON, 100 YDS. NORTH OF U.S. HWY 17.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Sulfur-Pyrite Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE MINERALS OCCUR IN A VERY BLUE AND HARD CALCAREOUS SHALE EITHER IN FISSURES OR DISSEMINATED THROUGH THE SHALE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Rock unit name Diabase Dike
    Rock description Diabase Dike
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Diabase Dike;Bull Run Shale (Newark Group)
    Rock description Diabase Dike;Bull Run Shale (Newark Group)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.73248, 38.55476
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend, Culpeper Triassic Basin

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THE LOCALITY IS BETWEEN TWO DIABASE DIKES OF CONSIDERABLE SIZE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1840

Mining district

District name Culpeper Basin

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner C. C. Miller

Comments on the production information

  • THERE WAS PROBABLY A SMALL AMOUNT OF SPECULATIVE MINING SINCE ROBERTS REF. MENTIONS "AT PRESENT THE SHALLOW SHAFT HAS PARTLY FALLEN IN AND IS FILLED WITH WATER".

Comments on the workings information

  • A SHALLOW SHAFT, PARTLY CAVED AND FILLED WITH WATER, WAS VISIBLE IN 1920.

Comments on development

  • THIS PROSPECT WAS FIRST INVESTIGATED IN 1840, SEVERAL TIMES SINCE, AND LAST IN 1916 (ROBERTS, 1928).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LUTTRELL, G.W., BASE- AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED ORE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: MINERAL RESOURCES REP. 7, 167 P.

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, J.K., 1928, THE GEOLOGY OF THE VIRGINIA TRIASSIC: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 29, 205 P.

  • Deposit

    1840 DIREXPL PROPERTY PROSPECTED

  • Deposit

    1916 DIREXPL PROPERTY PROSPECTED

  • Production

    ROBERTS REFERENCE.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE LOCALITY WAS INVESTIGATED IN 1840, SEVERAL TIMES SINCE, AND LAST IN 1916 (ROBERTS REF.). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Wright, Nancy A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1979 Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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