Mine detail: Rawlings Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.20005, -77.77442

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Limonite, Magnetite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Chopawamsic Formation
Host type:Schist
Structure:Columbia Syncline; Ne-Sw Trend
Tectonic:Piedmont

References

MRDSW000445
DEP10067646
Reference{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.}
ReporterWright, Nancy A., Beaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.)