Mine detail: Rawlings Prospect

Location:	Spotsylvania County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long:	38.20005, -77.77442
dep_id:	10067646
mrds_id:	W000445
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Gold
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Occurrence
ore:	Gold
gangue:	Limonite, Magnetite
Reporter:	Wright, Nancy A., Beaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.)
hrock_unit:	Chopawamsic Formation
hrock_type:	Schist
Structure:	Columbia Syncline; Ne-Sw Trend
tectonic:	Piedmont
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 RESOURCE REPORT 7, 167 P. Deposit:: PARDEE, J.T., AND PARK, C.F., JR., 1948, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 213, 156 P. 156 P. Deposit:: CLINE, J.H., WATSON, T.L., AND WRIGHT, F.J., 1921, A GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PYRITE-GOLD BELT IN LOUISA AND SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTIES, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1 P., SCALE 1:63, 360. Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA. DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES; SITE INSPECTED BY SWEET. Deposit:: DIREXPL ORGANIZATION UNKNOWN; MINOR TRENCHING APPARENTLY PRODUCED NO ORE.