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Ambler Mine

Past Producer in Orange 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067630
MRDS ID W000425
Record type Site
Current site name Ambler Mine
Alternate or previous names Amler Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.74303, 38.31865 (WGS84)
Elevation 102
Relative position 0.7 MI SW OF WILDERNESS , 3.1 KM (1.9 MI) WSW 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)

Federal lands

Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park(National Military Park)

National Military Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park(National Military Park)

National Military Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Orange

Comments on the location information

  • 0.2 KM (0.1 MI) SSE OF VA HWY 20, 1.53 KM (0.95 MI) BY ROAD SW OF JUNCTION WITH VA HWY 3. LOCATED WITHIN FREDERICKSBURG-SPOTSYLVANIA NATIONAL MILITARY PARK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE GOLD OCCURS WITH THE PYRITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
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) -77.74303, 38.31865
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Comments on the geologic information

  • CREDNER STATES THE EXTENT OF FORMER OPERATIONS COULD NOT BE ASCERTAINED EITHER BY EXAMINATION OF THE MATERIAL ON THE DUMP, OR BY INQUIRIES OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold-Pyrite Belt

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Comments on the production information

  • NO INFORMATION CONCERNING THE AMOUNT OF GOLD OR ORE PRODUCED

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHAFTS SUNK PRIOR TO CIVIL WAR CAVED IN BY 1865. IN 1974, A CAVED PIT AND TRENCH AND SMALL DUMPS WERE FOUND.

Comments on development

  • IN 1865 CREDNER REPORTED TWO SETS OF STAMPS, T ROLLERS AND AN ENGINE WERE PRESENT, THOUGH WORTHTESS? ; ECON.COM: PRIOR TO CIVIL WAR, 2-STAMP MILL WAS OPERATED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966, VA. MIN. RES. REPORT 7, P. 8

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    CREDNER, H., 1868, REPORT OF EXPLORATIONS ON THE GOLD FIELDS OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA: AMER. JOUR. MNG., VOL. VI, P. 371.

  • Deposit

    1974 RECON VA DIV MIN RES: INSPECTED SITE.

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL PRIOR TO CIVIL WAR MINE WAS DEVELOPED BY MEANS OF TWO SHAFTS

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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