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Anderson's 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079568
MRDS ID W029536
Record type Site
Current site name Anderson's Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.78303, 38.21671 (WGS84)
Relative position UNABLE TO LOCATE IN 1974. PROBABLY ON ROBERTSON RUN, 4.8 TO 6.4 KM (3 TO 4 MI) W OF THE OLD SHADY GROVE CHURCH .

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)

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

  • UNABLE TO LOCATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NATIVE GOLD WAS PROBABLE ORE MINERAL

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.78303, 38.21671
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold-Pyrite Belt

Comments on the production information

  • IT IS DOUBTFUL THERE WAS ANY PRODUCTION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SWEET, P.C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 19, 77 P

  • Deposit

    1974 RECON VIRGINIA DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES; ATTEMPTED TO LOCAT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Beaulieu, Harvey R. (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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