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Gardiner Mine

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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067637
MRDS ID W000433
Record type Site
Current site name Gardiner Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.6097, 38.33254 (WGS84)
Elevation 69
Relative position 3.5 KM (2.2 MI) NORTH OF FREDERICKSBURG-SPOTSYLVANIA NATIONAL MILITARY PARK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Spotsylvania(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 Spotsylvania

Comments on the location information

  • 0.2 KM (0.1 MI) OFF NE SIDE OF STATE ROAD 620, 1.53 KM (0.95 MI) BY ROAD NW OF JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 618.

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) -77.6097, 38.33254
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1854
Production years 1854-1862

Mining district

District name Gold-Pyrite Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gardiner Gold Mining Co

Comments on the production information

  • THERE IS NO MENTION OF HOW MUCH AU OR ORE WAS PRODUCED.

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1974, A SMALL SURFACE PIT AND SCATTERED QUARTZ WERE OBSERVED.

Comments on development

  • CREDNER REPORTED MINE HAD BEEN DESERTED FOR 6 YEARS. ; ECON.COM: 12-STAMP MILL ERECTED IN 1854. MILL CONTAINED 12 WOODEN STAMPS, WITH CAMS, SHAFTS, SHOES AND BATTERIES OF IRON{ 4 SHAKING TABLES{ 1 COMPLICATED CHILEAN MILL{ 1 LARGE IRON RESERVOIR WITH PUMP, TO ELEVATE WATER FROM THE RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER TO THE HEIGHT OF THE BATTERIES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966, VA. MIN. RES. REPORT 7, P. 52

  • Deposit

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

  • 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

    1854 DIREXPL GARDINER GOLD MINING CO: DEVELOPED AND OPERATED MINE UNTIL 1862.

  • Deposit

    1974 RECON VA DIV MIN RES: INSPECTED SITE.

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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