Mine detail: Horse Pen Mine

Location:	Stafford County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long:	38.36143, -77.58442
dep_id:	10067634
mrds_id:	W000431
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Gold
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Gold
gangue:	Quartz
work_type:	Surface/Underground
model:	273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
conc_proc:	Supergene Enrichment
Reporter:	Wright, Nancy A., Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.)
hrock_unit:	Alluvium;Quantico Slate
hrock_type:	Gravel,Schist
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Columbia Syncline, Foliation Of Schist Strikes N 40 Deg E And Dips 60 Deg Se (Lonsdale, 1927)
tectonic:	Piedmont
yfp_ba:	<
Year first produced:	1860
prod_yrs:	PRE 1894
References:	Deposit:: LONSDALE, J.T., 1927, VA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 30, P. 84-85. Deposit:: LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966, VA. MIN. RES. REPORT 7, P. 66 Deposit:: SWEET, P C, 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, 77 P Deposit:: CREDNER, H., 1868, REPORT OF EXPLORATIONS ON THE GOLD FIELDS OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA: AMER. JOUR? MNG., VOL. VI, P. 393. Deposit:: WATSON, T.L., 1907, GOLD AND SILVER, IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA, J.P. BELL CO., P. 549-567. Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES. INSPECTED SITE Deposit:: DIREXPL MINE DEVELOPED PRIOR TO AND AFTER CIVIL WAR, ABANDONED 1894