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Bell 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067639
MRDS ID W000436
Record type Site
Current site name Bell Mine
Related records 10155736

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.58164, 38.33698 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 5.8 KM (3.6 MI) NW OF FIVEMILE FORK.

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

  • 0.5KM (0.3MI) OFF THE N SIDE OF STATE ROAD 618 ABOUT 2.17KM (1.35MI) BY ROAD NE OF ITS INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROAD 620.

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.58164, 38.33698
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Comments on the geologic information

  • SCATTERED QUARTZ REPORTED IN 1974; LONSDALE (1927) REPORTS MINE TO BE NEAR GRANITE. CONLEY GIVES A GEOLOGIC DESCRIPTION OF THE REGION WHERE THIS MINE IS LOCATED, THOUGH THE MINE IS NOT MENTIONED. THE BELL MINE IS SHOWN ON A 1921 VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP TITLED A GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PYRITE-GOLD BELT IN LOUISA AND SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTIES, VIRGINIA, WHICH WAS MADE BY CLINE,WATSON AND WRIGHT, NO GEOLOGIC MAPPING WAS DONE ON THE SECTION OF THE MAP WHERE THE MINE IS FOUND. ; GEOL.DESC: THE HOST ROCK INFO. IS FROM THE VA. STATE GEOLOGICAL MAP. LONSDALE REF. SAYS THIS MINE IS NEAR GRANITE, AND NO VEIN MATERIAL WAS SEEN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years PRE-1900

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • ONLY SOME SCATTERED QUARTZ WAS SEEN IN 1974.

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 DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 7, 167 P.

  • Deposit

    LONSDALE,G.T.,1927, GEOLOGY OF THE GOLD-PYRITE BELT OF THE NORTHEASTERN PIEDMONT, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 30, 110 P.

  • Deposit

    CONLEY, J. F.,1978, GEOLOGY OF THE PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA-INTERPRETATIONS AND PROBLEMS, IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO VIRGINIA GEOLOGY-III: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 7, P. 115-149.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL

  • Production

    LONSDALE REF.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE IS NOT MUCH INFORMATION AVAILABLE CONCERNING THIS DEPOSIT. THE MINE HAS BEEN ABANDONED SINCE THE LATE 1800'S ; 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 Beaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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