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Greenwood Prospect

Occurrence in Orange county in Virginia, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Copper
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067628
MRDS ID W000423
Record type Site
Current site name Greenwood Prospect
Alternate or previous names Laird Property Prospect
Related records 10252192

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.72359, 38.3431 (WGS84)
Elevation 84
Relative position 2.66 KM NW OF WILDERNESS CORNER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Orange(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chancellorsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fredericksburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Washington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rapidan-Upper Rappahannock(hydrologic unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Orange

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG A TRIBUTARY OF WILDERNESS RUN, 1.37 KM (0.85 MI) DOWN A WOODS ROAD OFF EAST SIDE OF STATE ROAD 667, 0.8 KM (0.5 MI BY ROAD NE OF JUNCTION WITH STATE HWY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

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 Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Chopawamsic Formation
    Rock description Chopawamsic Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.72359, 38.3431
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form POD/LENS, IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold-Pyrite Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Melba Mining Co (P G Benedum Interests)
  • Type Owner
    Owner L. King And C B King, Jr

Comments on the production information

  • NO RECORD OF ANY PRODUCTION, SO NOT KNOWN IF IT EVER PRODUCED OR NOT. HOWEVER, PARDEE AND PARK (1948) STATE THAT THE RESULTS OF THE DEVELOPMENT WORK WERE DISCOURAGING; NO DEFINED ZONE OF MINERALIZATION AND LITTLE GOLD.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 122M
    Overall depth 96.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • 96.6 M SHAFT SUNK, TWO 61 M CROSSCUTS DRIVEN AT 91 M LEVEL. FOUR LARGE PITS, TWO HILLSIDE CUTS, REMAINS OF PLANT EQUIPMENT, AND SCATTERED QUARTZ EVIDENT IN 1974.

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY WAS DEVELOPED IN 1934-1935 BY THE MELBA MINING CO. WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHAFT WITH TWO CROSSCUTS DRIVEN EASTWARD AND WESTWARD AND PITS. NO WELL-DEFINED MINERALIZED ZONE WAS FOUND AND THE PROPERTY WAS ABANDONED EARLY IN SEPTEMBER 1935.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PARDEE, J T AND PARK, C F, JR, 1948, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT: US GEOL SURV PROF PAPER 213, 156 P

  • Deposit

    LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966, VA. MIN. RES. REPORT 7, P. 58

  • Deposit

    SWEET, P C, 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, 77 P

  • Deposit

    1934 DIREXPL MELBA MINING CO: INSUFFICIENT GOLD LOCATED FOR CONTINUED OPERATION.

  • Deposit

    1974 RECON VA DIV MIN RES: SITE INSPECTED

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROSPECT ABANDONED IN SEPT 1935. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-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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