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Starrs 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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079438
MRDS ID W028977
Record type Site
Current site name Starrs Mine
Alternate or previous names Stajar's Mine, Stairs Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.80609, 38.14227 (WGS84)
Elevation 91
Relative position 2.2 KM (1.4 MI) ESE 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 WEST SIDE OF PIGEON RUN, 0.3 KM (0.2 MI) OFF NORTH SIDE OF STATE ROAD 601, 1.20 KM (0.75 MI) BY ROAD WEST OF JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 643.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Alluvium;Chopawamsic Formation
    Rock description Alluvium;Chopawamsic Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.80609, 38.14227
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1867
Year of first production 1867

Mining district

District name Gold-Pyrite Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner M. Wilson And L. N. Chamblee

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION NOT REPORTED, BUT PROBABLY SMALL.

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1974, ABOUT FIVE CAVED PITS AND COVERED PITS WERE EVIDENT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P., 1972, VIRGINIA MINES AND MINERALS, PART 3: ROCKS AND MINERALS, V. 47, NO. 9, P. 515-23.

  • Deposit

    SWEET, P.C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VDMR PUB 19, 77 P.

  • Deposit

    1974 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES.: INSPECTED SIT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS WAS APPARENTLY A PLACER OPERATION WHICH HAD STARTED PRIOR TO 1867. LITTLE INFORMATION ABOUT THE MINE IS AVAILABLE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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