Mine detail: Cool Spring Prospect

Previously called 'Stringfellow Prospect'

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Location: Fauquier County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.46143, -77.67109
dep_id: 10079818
mrds_id: W030556
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold
gangue: Quartz
model: 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Reporter: Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.), Trimble, David, C.
hrock_unit: Chopawamsic Formation
hrock_type: Schist
Structure: Ne-Sw Trend
tectonic: Piedmont
Year first produced: 1875
disc_yr: 1875
References:
  • 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
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