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Jones Mine

Past Producer in Louisa county in Virginia, United States with commodity Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067675
MRDS ID W000475
Record type Site
Current site name Jones Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.89527, 38.00338 (WGS84)
Elevation 143
Relative position 1.4 KM (0.9 MI) SE 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

  • 0.6 KM (0.4 MI) SSW OF STATE ROAD 618, 0.2 KM (0.1 MI) BY ROAD NW OF JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 703.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

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) -77.89527, 38.00338
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LOCAL GEOLOGY NOT KNOWN. PRESUMABLY LIMONITE GOSSAN OVERLYING SULFIDE MINERALIZATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1921
Production years 1800'S

Mining district

District name Gold-Pyrite Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • NO INDICATION OF AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION.

Comments on development

  • MINE PROBABLY WORKED DURING 1800'S.

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 P. , SCALE 1:63 360

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT APPEARS AS SYMBOL ON CLINE, WATSON, AND WRIGHT'S 1921 "GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PYRITE-GOLD BELT OF LOUISA AND SPOTSYLVANIA COS., VA.". LOCATED ABOUT 0.7 KM WSW OF BIBB MINE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit GOSSAN DEPOSIT WORKED FOR IRON; MAIN SULFIDE BODY WAS PROBABLY NOT WORKED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Wright, Nancy A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1980 Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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