Kent Prospect

Occurrence in Louisa county in Virginia, United States with commodities Sulfur-Pyrite, Iron
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067668
MRDS ID W000468
Record type Site
Current site name Kent Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.91165, 38.01561 (WGS84)
Elevation 140
Relative position 0.4 KM (0.6 MI) NW OF MINERAL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Louisa(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mineral(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 Louisa

Comments on the location information

  • OFF NW SIDE OF STATE HWY. 22, 0.65 KM (0.4 MI) BY ROAD NW OF JUNCTION WITH U.S. HWY. 522 IN MINERAL.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur-Pyrite Primary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore
Hematite Ore
Pyrite Ore

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 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) -77.91165, 38.01561

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend

Ore body information

  • General form POD/LENS

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE BODY ON LINE OF STRIKE OF THE ARMINIUS AND HEMMER MINES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold-Pyrite Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • NO INDICATION OF HOW MUCH ORE WAS PRODUCED.

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1973, ONLY A TRENCH WAS EVIDENT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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 SHEET, SCALE 1:63 360.

  • 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

    POOLE, J.W., 1973, ABANDONED MINE AND PROSPECT DATA (KENT PROSPECT): VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, UNPUBLISHED REPORT.

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    IT IS DOUBTFUL IF THIS PROSPECT EVER PRODUCED.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NOT VERY MUCH INFORMATION AVAILABLE CONCERNING THIS MINE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.