Mine detail: Horse Pen Mine

Previously called 'Horse Pin MineHospen MineRattlesnake Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.36143, -77.58442

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: PRE 1894
First production started: 1860

Geology

Host rock:Alluvium;Quantico Slate
Host 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

References

MRDSW000431
DEP10067634
Reference{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}
ReporterWright, Nancy A., Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.)