Mine detail: Hunting Run Prospect

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Location: Spotsylvania County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.33976, -77.65664
dep_id: 10079440
mrds_id: W028979
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Gold
Reporter: Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.)
hrock_unit: Quartz Diorite
hrock_type: Diorite
arock_unit: Quartz Diorite
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Ne-Sw Trend
tectonic: Piedmont
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1867
References:
  • Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VDMR PUB 19, 77 P.
  • Deposit:: LONSDALE, J.T., 1927, GEOLOGY OF THE GOLD-PYRITE BELT OF THE NORTHEASTERN PIEDMONT, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 30, 110 P.
  • Deposit:: MILICI, R.C., SPIKER, C. T., JR., AND WILSON, J.M., 1963, GEOLOGIC MAP OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES MAP, SCALE 1:500000.
  • Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA DIV MIN RES: INSPECTED SIT
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