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Goose Creek Mine

Past Producer in Loudoun county in Virginia, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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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. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080032
MRDS ID W030917
Record type Site
Current site name Goose Creek Mine
Alternate or previous names Eagle Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.50552, 39.09364 (WGS84)
Elevation 85
Relative position 3.7 KM (2.3 MI) SE OF CITY LIMITS OF LEESBURG.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Loudoun(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Leesburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Frederick(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baltimore(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Potomac-Catoctin(hydrologic unit)

Potomac(hydrologic accounting unit)

Potomac(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Loudoun

Comments on the location information

  • 0.6 KM (0.4 MI) ESE FROM END OF PRIVATE ROAD, 3.0 KM (1.9 MI) BY ROAD SE OF SOUTHERN JUNCTION WITH BYPASS U.S. HWY 15.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • REPORT OF SILVER MAY HAVE BEEN FOR PROMOTIONAL PURPOSES ONLY.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cuprite Ore
Silver Ore
Calcite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result CARBONATE ORE: 20-80% CU, 20 OZ/TON AG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Rock unit name Diabase
    Rock description Diabase
    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;Bull Run Shale, Newark Group
    Rock description Diabase;Bull Run Shale, Newark Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) Diabase
ListMap

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend, Culpeper (Potomac) Triassic Basin
Type of structure Local
Structure description Belmont Stock

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Joint Surfaces (For Carbonates)

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS LOCATED IN THE BULL RUN SHALE NEAR THE CONTACT WITH THE BELMONT STOCK (?) DIABASE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1895
Year of first production 1883

Mining district

District name Culpeper Basin

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Eagle Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 60M
    Overall depth 9.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE SHAFTS WERE SUNK (6.1, 7.6, & 9.1 M) AND ONE DRIFT (37.2 M). IN MARCH 1987, THERE WAS A 10 FT X 12 FT WATER FILLED SHAFT PRESENT.

Comments on development

  • MINE WAS DEVELOPED IN 1883 BY MEANS OF SEVERAL SHAFTS AND A DRIFT. REPORTEDLY THERE WAS EXPLORATORY WORK FOR COPPER, SILVER AND NICKEL IN THE 1960'S. ; ECON.COM: THIS DEPOSIT PROBABLY HAS LITTLE ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: WISE (1884, P. 192)

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    TOEWE, E.C., 1966, GEOLOGY OF THE LEESBURG QUADRANGLE, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 11, 52 P.

  • Deposit

    WEED, W.H., 1911, COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE APPALACHIAN STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 455, 166 P.

  • Deposit

    WISE, F.N., 1884, THE COPPER ORES OF LOUDOUN COUNTY, VA.: THE VIRGINIAS, V. 5, NO. 12, P. 192.

  • Deposit

    1883 DIREXPL EAGLE MINING CO.: OPENED MINE.

  • Deposit

    1894 GEOLMAP A. KEITH: ISSUED GEOL. ATLAS FOLIO 10.

  • Deposit

    1911 RECON W.H. WEED: ISSUED BULL. 455.

  • Deposit

    1924 GEOLMAP VA. GEOL. SURV. ISSUED BULL. 29.

  • Deposit

    1966 GEOLMAP VA. DIV. MIN. RES.: ISSUED REP. INV. 11.

  • Production

    ROBERTS (1928, P. 135).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1890'S
Deposit WISE'S (1884) REPORT APPEARS TO BE AN EXERCISE IN OVERSTATEMENT. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 Meintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources
Updater 01-JUL-1987 Sweet, Palmer C. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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