| Deposit ID | 10067615 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W000408 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Batna Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -77.89415, 38.39421 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 76 |
| Relative position | NEAR BATNA, 4.7 KM (2.9 MI) SOUTH OF STEVENSBURG. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Culpeper(county)
Virginia(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Culpeper East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Fredericksburg(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Virginia | Culpeper |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Diabase | ||||||
| Rock description | Diabase | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone |
| Rock unit name | Diabase;Bull Run Shale, Newark Group;Manassas Sandstone, Newark Group |
| Rock description | Diabase;Bull Run Shale, Newark Group;Manassas Sandstone, Newark Group |
| (1) | -77.89415, 38.39421 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Ne-Sw Trend, Culpeper Triassic Basin |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Mt. Pony Stock |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1850 |
| Year of first production | 1850 |
| District name | Culpeper Basin |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W000408 |
ROBERTS, J.K., 1928, THE GEOLOGY OF THE VIRGINIA TRIASSIC: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 29, 205 P.
ROGERS, W.B., 1884, A REPRINT OF ANNUAL REPORTS AND OTHER PAPERS, ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE VIRGINIAS: NEW YORK, D. APPLETON & CO., 832 P.
WEED, W.H., 1911, COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE APPALACHIAN STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 455, 166 P.
DIREXPL LIMITED MINING CONDUCTE
WEED (1911), P. 92.
WEED REF.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MINERALS ARE VERY SMALL FISSURE FILLINGS DISSEMINATED IN VERY SMALL AMOUNTS. |
| Deposit | MUCH TIME AND MONEY HAVE BEEN WASTED TO WORK THE ROCKS THROUGH THE 1800'S, DUE TO THE FALSE IMPRESSION OF RICHNESS. RICH SPECIMENS DO OCCUR, BUT THEY ARE RARE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1800'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1972 | Wright, Nancy A. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JAN-1980 | Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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