Mine detail: Saunders Prospect

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Location: Orange County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.23143, -77.90749
dep_id: 10096162
mrds_id: W000441
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Gold
gangue: Quartz, Tourmaline
model: 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Reporter: Wright, Nancy A., Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.)
hrock_unit: Metamorphosed Sedimentary Rocks;Ellisville Granodiorite
hrock_type: Diorite,Schist
arock_unit: Ellisville Granodiorite
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Ne-Sw Trend
tectonic: Piedmont
References:
  • Deposit:: SWEET, P C, 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, 77 P
  • Deposit:: PARDEE, J.T., AND PARK, C.F., 1948, USGS PP 213, P. 54
  • Deposit:: LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966, BASE- AND PRECIOUS-METAT AND RELATED ORE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VDMR, MIN. RES. REPT. 7, 124 P.
  • Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA DIV MIN RES: INSPECTED SIT
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