Mine detail: Loudoun Prospect

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Location: Loudoun County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.30003, -77.64969
dep_id: 10079780
mrds_id: W030514
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Gold
model: 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Reporter: Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.), Trimble, David, C.
hrock_unit: Catoctin Formation
hrock_type: Meta-Basalt,Gneiss,Granite
arock_unit: Marshall Granite
arock_type: Meta-Basalt,Gneiss,Granite
Structure: Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Ne-Sw Trend, South Mountain Syncline, Middletown Anticline
tectonic: Orogen
References:
  • Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, 77 P
  • Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES.: UNABLE TO LOCATE SITE
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