Mine detail: Eagle Mine

Previously called 'RappahannockSmithMorgan and Rappahannock'

Location:	Stafford County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long:	38.35837, -77.5872
dep_id:	10067633
mrds_id:	W000429
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Gold
Trace mineral:	Silver, Zinc, Lead, Sulfur-Pyrite
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
gangue:	Quartz, Tourmaline
orebody_fm:	IRREGULAR, PINCH AND SWELL
work_type:	Surface/Underground
model:	273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
ore_ctrl:	Within Quartz Veins Which Intrude Schist
Reporter:	Wright, Nancy A., Beaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.)
hrock_unit:	Fredericksburg Complex
hrock_type:	Schist
Structure:	Columbia Syncline , Ne-Sw Trend
tectonic:	Piedmont
Year first produced:	1834
yr_lst_prd:	1894
disc_yr:	1834
prod_yrs:	1834-1894
References:	Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, 77 P. Deposit:: LONSDALE, J. T., 1927, GEOLOGY OF THE GOLD-PYRITE BELT OF THE NORTHEASTERN PIEDMONT, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 30, 110 P. Deposit:: WATSON, T. L., 1907, MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: J. P. BELL CO., PRINTERS AND BINDERS, LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA. Deposit:: CREDNER, H., 1868, REPORT OF EXPLORATIONS ON THE GOLD FIELDS OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA: AMER. JOUR. MNG., VOL. VI, P. 393. Deposit:: MORRILL, P., 1972, VIRGINIA MINES AND MINERALS: ROCKS AND MINERALS, VOL. 47, NO. 7-8, P. 442. Deposit:: 1894 DIREXPL THE RAPPAHANNOCK GOLD MINING CO. FINISHED ITS EXTENSIVE WORKINGS OF THE MINE. Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA. DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES: SITE INSPECTED Production:: LONSDALE(1927). Reserve-Resource:: LUTTRELL REFERENCE.