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Goodwyn 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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067652
MRDS ID W000451
Record type Site
Current site name Goodwyn Mine
Alternate or previous names Pocahontas Mine, Goodwin Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.80637, 38.13977 (WGS84)
Elevation 93
Relative position 2.4 KM (1.5 MI) SE OF STUBBS

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)

Pamunkey(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

  • ALONG PIGEON RUN, ON NORTH SIDE OF STATE ROAD 601, 2.7 KM (1.7 MI) BY ROAD SE OF JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 612.

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 Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.80637, 38.13977
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Comments on the geologic information

  • DIABASE DIKE SITUATED 0.4 KM NW OF MINE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1880
Year of first production 1880

Mining district

District name Gold-Pyrite Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Pocahontas Gold Mining Co
  • Type Owner
    Owner M. Wilson And L Nadine

Comments on the production information

  • THERE IS NO NENTION OF WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS EVER ANY PRODUCTION. HOWEVER, AS WATSON (1907) INDICATES CONSIDERABLE ACTIVITY DURING 1880'S, THERE WAS PROBABLY AT LEAST LIMITED PRODUCTION.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 61M

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1974, WATER-FILLED PIT, TWO OPEN TRENCHES, AND SCATTERED PIECES OF QUARTZ WERE SEEN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966, VA. MIN. RES. REPORT 7, P. 54.

  • Deposit

    SWEET, P C, 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, 77 P.

  • Deposit

    WATSON, T L, 1907, MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VA, J P BELL CO, 618 P

  • Deposit

    THE VIRGINIAS, 1881, GOLD-MINING IN VIRGINIA: V 2, NO 12, P 182.

  • Deposit

    CLINE, J.H., WATSON, T.T., AND WRIGHT, F.J., 1921, A GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GOLD-PYRITE BELT IN LOUISA AND SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTIES, VIRGINIA: VA. DIV. MIN. RES.

  • Deposit

    1880 DIREXPL POCAHONTAS GOLD MNG CO: CONDUCTED PLACER MINING IN 1880'S.

  • Deposit

    1881 DIREXPL GOODWIN MINING CO: SANK SHAFT

  • Deposit

    1974 RECON VA DIV MIN RES: INSPECTED SITE.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE IS NOT VERY MUCH INFORMATION AVAILABLE ABOUT THIS MINE. ; 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 Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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