Mine detail: Kent Prospect

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Location

Lat / long: 38.01561, -77.91165

Resource(M)

Primary: Sulfur-Pyrite
Secondary: Iron
Ore: Goethite, Hematite, Pyrite
Orebody form: POD/LENS

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Chopawamsic Formation
Host type:Schist
Structure:Ne-Sw Trend
Tectonic:Eugeosyncline (Piedmont)

References

MRDSW000468
DEP10067668
Reference{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 SHEET, SCALE 1:63 360.}{Deposit:: LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966, BASE- AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED ORE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 7, 167 P.}{Deposit:: POOLE, J.W., 1973, ABANDONED MINE AND PROSPECT DATA (KENT PROSPECT): VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, UNPUBLISHED REPORT.}{Deposit:: 1973 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES.: INSPECTED SIT}{Production:: IT IS DOUBTFUL IF THIS PROSPECT EVER PRODUCED.}
ReporterWright, Nancy A., Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.)