Location: | Spotsylvania County, Virginia, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 38.32365, -77.56526 |
dep_id: | 10067640 |
mrds_id: | W000437 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Gold |
Trace mineral: | Sulfur-Pyrite |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Past Producer |
ore: | Gold |
gangue: | Phlogopite, Quartz |
work_type: | Unknown |
model: | 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
Reporter: | Wright, Nancy A., Beaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.) |
hrock_unit: | Fredericksburg Complex Of The Chopawamsic Formation |
hrock_type: | Schist,Gneiss |
Structure: | Columbia Syncline, Ne-Sw Trend |
tectonic: | Piedmont |
yfp_ba: | < |
Year first produced: | 1865 |
dy_ba: | < |
disc_yr: | 1865 |
prod_yrs: | PRE-1865 |
References: |
- Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, 77 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, 110 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:: SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY DEED BOOK LL, P. 416.
- Deposit:: 1974 RECON VIRG. DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES: SITE INSPECTE
- Production:: CREDNER (1868-1869)
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