Mine detail: Cool Spring Prospect

Previously called 'Stringfellow Prospect'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.46143, -77.67109

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Discovery year: 1875

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1875

Geology

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

References

MRDSW030556
DEP10079818
Reference{Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, 77 P.}{Deposit:: DUNLOP, J.P., 1916, GOLD, SILVER, COPPER, LEAD, AND ZINC IN THE EASTERN STATES IN 1914., (MINES REPORT)., IN U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1914, PART 1-METALS: P. 139-163.}{Deposit:: LONSDALE, J.T., 1927, GEOLOGY OF THE GOLD-PYRITE BELT OF THE NORTHEASTERN PIEDMONT, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 30, 110 P.}{Deposit:: 1875 STRINGFELLOW MINING CO.}{Deposit:: 1878 DIREXPL WILLIAM SHIRLEY, PROSPECTED}{Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA. DIV. MIN RES, LOCATED MINE}
ReporterMeintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.), Trimble, David, C.