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Austin Run Mine

Past Producer in Stafford county in Virginia, United States with commodities Sulfur-Pyrite, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067641
MRDS ID W000438
Record type Site
Current site name Austin Run Mine
Alternate or previous names Garrisonville, Fer-Sul, Old Dominion

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.42191, 38.46254 (WGS84)
Elevation 37
Relative position 3.9 KM (2.4 MI) SW OF AQUIA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stafford(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stafford(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fredericksburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Washington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Potomac(hydrologic unit)

Potomac(hydrologic accounting unit)

Potomac(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Stafford

Comments on the location information

  • JUST NW OF STATE ROAD 684, 1.1 KM (0.7 MI) BY ROAD SW OF JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 610.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur-Pyrite Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Hornblende Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Low Grade Metamorphism (?)

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 184
USGS model code 28a
Deposit model name Massive sulfide, kuroko
Mark3 model number 93

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Diorite Gabbro Complex;Quartz Diorite
    Rock description Diorite Gabbro Complex;Quartz Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
    Rock unit name Patuxent Formation;Chopawamsic Formation;Diorite Gabbro Complex;Quartz Diorite
    Rock description Patuxent Formation;Chopawamsic Formation;Diorite Gabbro Complex;Quartz Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.42191, 38.46254
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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 Country Rock Foliation Strikes N.33 Deg.E. And Dips 50 Deg. Se. (Lonsdale, 1927) Or N.35-45 Deg.E And 60-80 Deg.Nw.To Vertical (Watson, 1920)

Ore body information

  • General form POD/LENS, IRREGULAR
    Width 1.5M

Comments on the geologic information

  • COUNTRY ROCK IS FINELY FOLIATED. CHOPAWAMSIC IS HOST FORMATION. IGNEOUS BODIES LOCATED 0.4 KM TO NW. CRETACEOUS ROCK LOCATED 0.6 KM TO SE. LONSDALE (1927) CONSIDERS THE CHLORITE SCHIST TO BE OF SEDIMENTARY PARENTAGE, WHILE KINKEL (1967) CONSIDERS THE QUARTZ-SERICITE SCHIST TO HAVE ORIGINALLY BEEN A RHYOLITE OR RHYOLITIC CRYSTAL TUFF. ; GEOL.DESC: COUNTRY ROCK FINELY FOLIATED. SCHISTOSITY STRIKES N 33 DEG. E AND DIPS 50 DEG. E.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1906
Year of first production 1910

Mining district

District name Gold-Pyrite Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Fer-Sul Co.

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION: 1906-1908, 1911-1914, 1916, 1919. NO AVAILABLE FIGURES (BUT PROBABLY NO PRODUCTION): 1909, 1915.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THERE IS PROBABLY A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE LEFT.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 197M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY ONE SHAFT 197 M DEEP WHICH ENTERED VERTICALLY FOR 106 M, THEN BECAME INCLINED.

Comments on development

  • MINE OPENED IN 1906. FIRST PRODUCTION WAS IN 1910 UNDER AUSTIN RUN MINING CO.; NO FURTHER PRODUCTION UNTIL 1917. OLD DOMINION SULPHUR CO. PURCHASED PROPERTY IN 1912 AND CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT. LATER OWNERS/OPERATORS INCLUDE WESTERN PYRITE CO. AND FER-SUL CO. LAST PRODUCTION WAS IN 1920. ; ECON.COM: MILL ERECTED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KINKEL, A.R., JR., 1967, THE ORE KNOB COPPER DEPOSIT, NORTH CAROLINA, AND OTHER MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSITS OF THE APPALACHIANS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 558, 58 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    POOLE, J.L., 1973, IRON SULFIDE MINES IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA MINERALS, V.19, NO.3, P.29-33.

  • Deposit

    WATSON, T.L., 1920, VIRGINIA; IN SMITH, P.S., SULPHUR, PYRITES, AND SULPHURIC ACID; IN U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1917, PART 2 - NONMETALS, P. 51-55.

  • Deposit

    1906 DIREXPL MINE OPENED

  • Deposit

    1910 DIREXPL AUSTIN RUN MINING CO.: FIRST PRODUCTION

  • Deposit

    1962 OTHER A.R. KINKEL, JR.: PROF. PAPER 558.

  • Deposit

    1973 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES.: INSPECTED SITE

  • Production

    LONSDALE REFERENCE, P. 10.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit *WIDTH IS AVERAGE.
Deposit ALSO SEE U.S.G.S. MINERAL RESOURCES OF U.S. FOR YEARS 1910 AND 1912 FOR GENERAL INFORMATION. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1972 Wright, Nancy A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1979 Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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