Mine detail: Quaker Prospect

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Location: Spotsylvania County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.26671, -77.68081
dep_id: 10067632
mrds_id: W000427
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Gold
model: 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Reporter: Wright, Nancy A., Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.)
hrock_unit: Quantico Slate
hrock_type: Schist
Structure: Ne-Sw Trend, Columbia Syncline
tectonic: Piedmont
References:
  • Deposit:: PARDEE, J.T., AND PARK, C.F., 1948, USGS P.P. 213, P. 54
  • Deposit:: LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966, VA. MIN. RES. REPORT 7, P. 109
  • Deposit:: SWEET, P C, 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, 77 P
  • Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA DIV MIN RES: INSPECTED SIT
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