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Roney Prospect

Occurrence in Spotsylvania county in Virginia, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Sulfur-Pyrite
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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. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067647
MRDS ID W000446
Record type Site
Current site name Roney Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.7622, 38.21115 (WGS84)
Elevation 98
Relative position ABOUT 2.6 KM (1.6 MI) NNE OF MASTINS CORNER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Spotsylvania(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Belmont(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

  • ON CATHARPIN RUN, 1.0 KM (0.6 MI) OFF THE S SIDE OF STATE ROAD 608 AT LOGAN, VA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Sulfur-Pyrite Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite 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 > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Columbia Syncline

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZ IS WHITE TO IRON-STAINED; PERTINENT MINERALOGY (EXCEPT QUARTZ) IS TAKEN FROM LUTTRELL AND THIS MINERALIZATION WAS NOT REPORTED IN 1974.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • THERE IS NO MENTION OF WHETHER THERE WAS EVER ANY PRODUCTION

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO CAVED PITS, ONE MEASURES 18.3 M BY 5.5 M WITH 1.2 M MAX. DEPTH. IT EXPOSES QUARTZ-SERICITE SCHIST, HAS A SMALL CAVED DUMP OF MOSTLY SCHIST AND SOME QUARTZ. THE OTHER PIT MEASURES 6.1 M BY 1.3 M , AND IS SHALLOW WITH MOSTLY LOOSE WHITE QUARTZ IN IT. A FEW PILES OF WHITE TO BROWN QUARTZ. AS SEEN IN 1974 BY P. SWEET.

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

    CLINE, J.H., WATSON, T.L., AND WRIGHT, F.J., 1921, A GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PYRITE-GOLD BELT IN LOUISA AND SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTIES, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1 P., SCALE 1:63,360.

  • Deposit

    1974 RECON VA. DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES; SITE INSPECTED BY SWEET.

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL ORGANIZATION UNKNOWN; MINOR SURFACE DIGGING; NO PRODUCTION REPORTED

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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