| Deposit ID | 10079440 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W028979 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Hunting Run Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -77.65664, 38.33976 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 73 |
| Relative position | 4.0 KM (2.5 MI) NW OF CHANCELLORSVILLE. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Spotsylvania(county)
Virginia(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Chancellorsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Fredericksburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Washington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Rapidan-Upper Rappahannock(hydrologic unit)
Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic accounting unit)
Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)
Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Virginia | Spotsylvania |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Quartz Diorite | ||||||||
| Rock description | Quartz Diorite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| Rock unit name | Quartz Diorite |
| Rock description | Quartz Diorite |
| (1) | -77.65664, 38.33976 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Ne-Sw Trend |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1867 |
| District name | Gold-Pyrite Belt |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W028979 |
SWEET, P.C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VDMR PUB 19, 77 P.
LONSDALE, J.T., 1927, GEOLOGY OF THE GOLD-PYRITE BELT OF THE NORTHEASTERN PIEDMONT, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 30, 110 P.
MILICI, R.C., SPIKER, C. T., JR., AND WILSON, J.M., 1963, GEOLOGIC MAP OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES MAP, SCALE 1:500000.
1974 RECON VA DIV MIN RES: INSPECTED SIT
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THERE IS NO MENTION OF THIS PROSPECT EXCEPT ON OLD MAPS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1979 | Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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