Dickey Tract Mine

Past Producer in Orange county in Virginia, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Sulfur-Pyrite
Sections on this page
  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 10079792
MRDS ID W030528
Record type Site
Current site name Dickey Tract Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.86164, 38.28004 (WGS84)
Elevation 114
Relative position 3.30 KM (2.05 MI) NW OF MINE RUN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Orange(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mine Run(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Orange

Comments on the location information

  • 0.08 KM (0.05 MI) OFF NE SIDE OF STATE ROAD 692, 0.88 KM (0.55 MI) BY ROAD SE OF JUNCTION WITH STATE HWY. 20.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary
Sulfur-Pyrite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Ellisville Granodiorite
    Rock description Ellisville Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.86164, 38.28004

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR (PLACER)

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGY OF DEPOSIT POORLY DESCRIBED IN LITERATURE. ELLISVILLE GRANODIORITE IS LONSDALE'S (1927) LOCUST GROVE GRANITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1885
Year of first production 1900

Mining district

District name Gold-Pyrite Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lucky Hundred Mineral And Mining Corp.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Fisher, A. E.

Comments on the workings information

  • MOST OF AREA WAS COVERED BY BEAVER POND, THOUGH SOME DUMPS REMAINED VISIBLE IN 1974 . IN 1987, THE DAM TO THE BEAVER POND HAD BEEN BROKEN THROUGH AND THE POND WAS GROWN UP WITH BRUSH, ETC.

Comments on development

  • GOLD RUN MINING CO. OPERATED PROPERTY SOMETIME AFTER 1883 UNTIL SELLING TO PIEDMONT MINING AND METALLURGICAL CORP. IN 1907. THE LATTER OPERATED UNTIL 1910.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SWEET, P.C., 1975, ROAD LOG TO SOME ABANDONED GOLD MINES OF THE GOLD-PYRITE BELT, NORTHEASTERN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA MINERALS, V. 21, NO. 1, P. 1-9

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    WATSON, T.L., 1907, MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VA., J.P. BELL CO., 618 P.

  • Deposit

    LONSDALE, J.T., 1927, GEOLOGY OF THE GOLD-PYRITE BELT OF THE NORTHEASTERN PIEDMONT, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULLETIN 30, 110 P.

  • Deposit

    1957 DIREXPL LUCKY HUNDRED MINERAL AND MINING CORP: PLACER EXPLORATION.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL GOLD RUN MINING CO.: SANK SHAFT (PRIOR TO 1906)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1880'S
Deposit AS THIS TRACT WAS PART OF THE LARGER TRACT PURCHASED BY PIEDMONT MINING METALLURGICAL CORP ALONG WITH MORE IMPORTANT GRASTY TRACT, DESCRIPTIONS OF DICKEY TRACT OFTEN INCLUDED UNDER GRASTY TRACT. ; 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.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources
Updater 01-DEC-1987 Sweet, Palmer C. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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