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Horse Pen Mine

Past Producer in Stafford 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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067634
MRDS ID W000431
Record type Site
Current site name Horse Pen Mine
Alternate or previous names Horse Pin Mine, Hospen Mine, Rattlesnake Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.58442, 38.36143 (WGS84)
Elevation 55
Relative position 1.6 KM (1.0 MI) WEST OF HOLLY CORNER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stafford(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Salem Church(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fredericksburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Washington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Rappahannock(hydrologic unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Stafford

Comments on the location information

  • ON BOTH SIDES OF HORSEPEN RUN, 1.0 KM (0.6 MI) NORTH OF STATE ROAD 655 BRIDGE. ADDITIONAL SITE: UTM N 4248750 E 274020 (ZONE +18).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • QUARTZ VEINS CARRY FREE GOLD.

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 Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Alluvium;Quantico Slate
    Rock description Alluvium;Quantico Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.58442, 38.36143
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend, Columbia Syncline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Foliation Of Schist Strikes N 40 Deg E And Dips 60 Deg Se (Lonsdale, 1927)

Comments on the geologic information

  • RHYOLITE DIKE SHOWN 1.0 KM NE OF MINE (LONSDALE, 1927)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1860
Production years PRE 1894

Mining district

District name Gold-Pyrite Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTON FIGURES GIVEN. "LARGE QUANTITIES OF GOLD NUGGETS" FOUND DURING PLACER OPERATIONS (LUTTRELL, 1966) , WHICH WEIGHED FROM 0.5 TO 5.0 DWTS., AND SOME RANGING AS HIGH AS 125 DWTS?

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 184M
    Overall depth 76M

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1974, CAVED SHAFT, ABOUT FIFTEEN CAVED PITS AND CUTS, AND DUMPS WERE SEEN.

Comments on development

  • MINE INITIALLY DEVELOPED AS PLACER DEPOSIT AND AFTERWARDS AS VEIN DEPOSIT PRIOR TO CIVIL WAR. SHAFT SUNK BEFORE CIVIL WAR REPORTED CAVED IN 1865. ADDITIONAL WORK AFTER CIVIL WAR ABANDONED IN 1894.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LONSDALE, J.T., 1927, VA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 30, P. 84-85.

  • Deposit

    LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966, VA. MIN. RES. REPORT 7, P. 66

  • 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. 393.

  • Deposit

    WATSON, T.L., 1907, GOLD AND SILVER, IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA, J.P. BELL CO., P. 549-567.

  • Deposit

    1974 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES. INSPECTED SITE

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL MINE DEVELOPED PRIOR TO AND AFTER CIVIL WAR, ABANDONED 1894

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FERRUGINOUS QUARTZ VEINS CARRIED FREE GOLD IN QUARTZ-SERICITE SCHIST. THE VEIN HAS FURNISHED RICH GOLD ORE, BUT IT OCCURS IN IRREGULAR ZONES OR POCKETS?

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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