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Marsden Prospect

Past Producer in Spotsylvania 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 10067631
MRDS ID W000426
Record type Site
Current site name Marsden Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.71887, 38.27976 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 3.5KM (2.2MI) W OF BROCKROAD, VA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Spotsylvania(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)

Mattaponi(hydrologic unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Spotsylvania

Comments on the location information

  • 0.6KM (0.4MI) SW FROM THE END OF LONGSTREET DRIVE AND 0.16KM (0.1MI) S OF THE OLD RAILROAD GRADE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
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) -77.71887, 38.27976
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

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 Private

Comments on the production information

  • UNKNOWN IF THERE WAS PRODUCTION.

Comments on the workings information

  • SCATTERED PIECES OF QUARTZ WERE THE ONLY REMAINING EVIDENCE OF THE MINE REPORTED BY SWEET IN 1979.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    LUTTRELL, G. W., 1966, BASE- AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED ORE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES 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 LOUSA AND SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTIES, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1 P. , SCALE 1:63 360.

  • Deposit

    1974 RECON VA. DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES: SITE INSPECTE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1972 Wright, Nancy A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1979 Beaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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