Mine detail: Agnewville Prospect

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Location: Prince William County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.64365, -77.28913
dep_id: 10067542
mrds_id: W000325
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Sulfur-Pyrite
Minor mineral: Arsenic, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Pyrite
gangue: Goethite, Graphite
Reporter: Wright, Nancy A., Sweet, Palmer C. (Meintzer, Robert E.)
hrock_unit: Quantico Slate;Felsic Intrusive Rocks
hrock_type: Mafic Intrusive Rock,Slate
arock_unit: Felsic Intrusive Rocks
arock_type: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Structure: Ne-Sw Trend, Columbia-Quantico Syncline
tectonic: Piedmont
References:
  • Deposit:: LONSDALE, J.T., 1927, GEOLOGY OF THE GOLD-PYRITE BELT OF THE NORTHEASTERN PIEDMONT, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 30, 110 P.
  • Deposit:: LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966, BASE- AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED ORE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 7, 167 P.
  • Deposit:: DIREXPL DEPOSIT PROSPECTED PRIOR TO 1922
  • Production:: LUTTRELL REFERENCE
  • Reserve-Resource:: LONSDALE REFERENCE
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