Mine detail: Mott Mine

<< Back to the map

<< Back to browsing

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)
© 2010-2018 Lee C. Baker unless noted. All rights reserved.