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Crawford Placers Prospect

Past Producer in Prince William county in Virginia, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067545
MRDS ID W000328
Record type Site
Current site name Crawford Placers Prospect
Alternate or previous names Neabsco Creek Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.30136, 38.62393 (WGS84)
Elevation 14
Relative position 6.2 KM (3.85 MI) NNE OF DUMFRIES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Prince William(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Quantico(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Washington West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Washington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Potomac-Anacostia-Occoquan(hydrologic unit)

Potomac(hydrologic accounting unit)

Potomac(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Prince William

Comments on the location information

  • NW OF I-95, ALONG NEABSCO CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 0.021 TOZ AU PER CU YD GRAVEL.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Felsic Intrusive Rocks
    Rock description Felsic Intrusive Rocks
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Alluvium;Quantico Slate;Felsic Intrusive Rocks
    Rock description Alluvium;Quantico Slate;Felsic Intrusive Rocks

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.30136, 38.62393
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend, Columbia-Quantico Syncline.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stringers And Lenses Of Quartz That Contain Pyrite And Gold In Schists And Slates.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1934
Discoverer William P Crawford

Mining district

District name Gold-Pyrite Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Crawford, William P.
  • Type Owner
    Owner C. D Hylton

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THERE IS NO MENTION OF WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS EVER ANY PRODUCTION.

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1974, SEVERAL AREAS OF GRAVEL PILES AND A SLUICING APPARATUS WERE NOTED.

Comments on development

  • A SMALL AMALGAM PLATE, MECHANICAL PANS, AND SLUICE BOXES WERE USED TO RECOVER THE GOLD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LUTTRELL, G. W., 1966, VA. DIV. MIN. RES. REPT. #7, P. 38.

  • Deposit

    DUNLOP, J P AND MEYER, H M, 1936, GOLD, SILVER, COPPER, LEAD AND ZINC IN THE EASTERN AND CENTRAL STATES, IN MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1936: US BUREAU OF MINES, P 281-296.

  • Deposit

    PARK, C F, JR, 1936, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE VIRGINIA PIEDMONT: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 44, 42 P

  • 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: VGS BULL 30, 110 P.

  • Deposit

    PARDEE, J.T., AND PARK, C.F., 1948, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT: USGS PP 213, 152 P.

  • Deposit

    1935 DIREXPL W P CRAWFORD: CONDUCTED TEST SLUICING

  • Deposit

    1974 RECON VA DIV MIN RES: INSPECTED SITE

  • Production

    DUNLOP & MEYER (1936)

  • Reserve-Resource

    LUTTRELL REFERENCE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD OCCURS AS STRINGERS IN QUARTZ OCCASIONALLY. THE COUNTRY ROCK CONTAINING THE QUARTZ STRINGERS IS A SERIES OF SCHISTS AND SLATES. DIORITE FORMS THE BEDROCK IN THE STREAM BELOW THE QUARTZ STRINGERS, WHERE THE GRAVELS WERE BEING WASHED. THE STREAM BED WAS COVERED WITH 0.9 TO 1.2 M (3 TO 4 FT) OF SOIL AND GRAVEL. THE GRAVEL IS LOOSE AND CLEAN AND IS SO EASITY HANDLED THAT A WASHER WAS NOT NECESSARY.
Deposit Discovery Year: JUST PRIOR TO 1935

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Wright, Nancy A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1979 Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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