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Mosby Prospect

Occurrence in Fauquier 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. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080008
MRDS ID W030885
Record type Site
Current site name Mosby Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.10054, 38.87865 (WGS84)
Elevation 527
Relative position 4.0 KM (2.5 MI) SW OF LINDEN; 0.5 KM (0.3 MI) OFF E SIDE OF SUMMIT DR. ABOUT 1.9 KM (1.2 MI) BY ROAD E OF ITS INTERSECTION WITH HIGH KNOB DRIVE.

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

  • 1.3 KM (0.8 MI) SE OF SUMMIT OF HIGH KNOB; SE OF MOSBY SHELTER ON APPALACHIAN TRAIL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO MINERALIZATION FOUND IN 1978, POSSIBLY COPPER PROSPECT.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Catoctin Formation
    Rock description Catoctin Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.10054, 38.87865
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • Strike N43 DEG E
    Dip 68 DEG SE

Comments on the geologic information

  • FAULT IS STRIKE-SLIP ABOUT 3.2 KM (2 MI) N OF SITE, TRENDING EAST-WEST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1900

Mining district

District name Northern Section-Blue Ridge Province

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • IT IS DOUBTFUL THERE WAS ANY PRODUCTION.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 2.19M
    Overall width 2.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT DISCOVERED BY P.C. SWEET IN 1978. DEPTH IS 1 M; SMALL RIM DUMP

Comments on development

  • SITE REPORTEDLY WORKED PRIOR TO 1900.

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

    1978 RECON VA. DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES; SITE INSPECTED

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRIKE AND DIP REFER TO SCHISTOSITY OF LOCAL ROCK; MINOR MANGANESE STAIN IN DUMP

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1979 Beaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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