Mine detail: Ramsey Mine

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Location: Spotsylvania County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.34337, -77.57581
dep_id: 10105456
mrds_id: W000435
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold
Reporter: Wright, Nancy A., Beaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.)
hrock_unit: Fredericksburg Complex;Quantico Slate
hrock_type: Schist,Granite
arock_type: Granite
Structure: Columbia Syncline , Ne-Sw Trend
tectonic: Piedmont
prod_yrs: PRE-1900
References:
  • 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:: LUTTRELL, G. W., 1966, BASE- AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED ORE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCE REPORT 7, 167 P.
  • Deposit:: CLINE, J.H., WATSON, T.L., AND WRIGHT, F.J., 1921, A GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PYRITE-GOLD BELT IN LOUISA AND SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTIES, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1 P., SCALE 1:63 360.
  • Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA. DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES; SITE INSPECTED.
  • Deposit:: DIREXPL ORGANIZATION UNKNOWN; MINOR DEVELOPEMENT AT SURFACE
  • Production:: LONSDALE, J.T., 1927, GEOLOGY OF GOLD-PYRITE BELT
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