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Paris Prospect

Occurrence in Clarke 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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080005
MRDS ID W030882
Record type Site
Current site name Paris Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.96832, 39.03114 (WGS84)
Elevation 351
Relative position 2 MI (3.2 KM) NW OF PARIS, FAUQUIER CO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clarke(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ashby Gap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Frederick(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baltimore(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Shenandoah(hydrologic unit)

Potomac(hydrologic accounting unit)

Potomac(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Clarke

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Malachite Ore
Epidote Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Meta-Basalt
    Rock unit name Catoctin Formation
    Rock description Catoctin Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Meta-Basalt
    Rock unit name Catoctin Formation
    Rock description Catoctin Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.96832, 39.03114
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Blue Ridge Anticlinorium

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Seams

Comments on the geologic information

  • KEITH (1894) STATES NATIVE COPPER AND MALACHITE OCCUR IN SMALL SEAMS OF EPIDOTIC SCHIST (GREENSTONE). NO MINERALIZATION EVIDENT IN 1978.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Northern Section-Blue Ridge Province

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • NO EVIDENCE OF ANY PITS OF SHAFTS; NUMEROUS PIECES AND PILES OF BROKEN GREENSTONE ON TOP OF HILL (1978)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SWEET, P.C. AND BELL, S.C., 1980, METALLIC MINERALIZATION IN THE BLUE RIDGE PROVINCE OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, IN PREPARATION.

  • Deposit

    KEITH, A, 1894, HARPERS FERRY, VIRGINIA-WEST VIRGINIA-MARYLAND: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, GEOLOGIC ATLAS, FOLIO 10.

  • Deposit

    1978 RECON VA. DIV. OF MINERAL RES., LOCATED WORKINGS

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO MINERALIZATION EVIDENT IN 1978.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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