Mine detail: Lee Prospect

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Location

Lat / long: 38.3656, -77.57359

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Gold
Discovery year: 1861

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Quantico Slate
Host type:Schist
Structure:Ne-Sw Trend, Columbia Syncline
Tectonic:Piedmont

References

MRDSW030538
DEP10079802
Reference{Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 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:: 1974 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES.: INSPECTED SITE}
ReporterMeintzer (D.C. Levan), Robert E.