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Furnace Prospect

Occurrence 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. 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. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079442
MRDS ID W028981
Record type Site
Current site name Furnace Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.65276, 38.28865 (WGS84)
Elevation 101
Relative position 2.7 KM (1.7 MI) SOUTH OF CHANCELLORSVILLE.

Site location context

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)

Mattaponi(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

  • 0.5 KM (0.3 MI) WEST OF JUNCTION OF JACKSON TRAIL WITH SICKLES ROAD AT THE FURNACE RUINS IN THE FREDERICKSBURG-SPOTSYLVANIA NATIONAL MILITARY PARK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Quantico Slate
    Rock description Quantico Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.65276, 38.28865
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Chesapeake Corp. Of Va.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION DOUBTFUL.

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1974, INSPECTION OF SITE REVEALED WATER-FILLED SHAFT AND PIT, TWO LARGE OPEN PITS, COVERED DUMP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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 NO LITERATURE REPORTS OF THIS PROSPECT LOCATED TO DATE (1979). ; 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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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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