Mine detail: Agnewville Prospect

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Location

Lat / long: 38.64365, -77.28913

Resource(M)

Primary: Sulfur-Pyrite
Secondary: Arsenic, Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Goethite, Graphite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Quantico Slate;Felsic Intrusive Rocks
Host type:Mafic Intrusive Rock,Slate
Associated rock:Felsic Intrusive Rocks
Associated type:Mafic Intrusive Rock
Structure:Ne-Sw Trend, Columbia-Quantico Syncline
Tectonic:Piedmont

References

MRDSW000325
DEP10067542
Reference{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}
ReporterWright, Nancy A., Sweet, Palmer C. (Meintzer, Robert E.)