| Deposit ID | 10079792 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W030528 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Dickey Tract Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -77.86164, 38.28004 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 114 |
| Relative position | 3.30 KM (2.05 MI) NW OF MINE RUN. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Virginia | Orange |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Sulfur-Pyrite | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 273 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 36a |
| Deposit model name | Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
| Mark3 model number | 27 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Ellisville Granodiorite | ||||||
| Rock description | Ellisville Granodiorite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist |
| (1) | -77.86164, 38.28004 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Ne-Sw Trend |
| General form | IRREGULAR (PLACER) |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1885 |
| Year of first production | 1900 |
| District name | Gold-Pyrite Belt |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Lucky Hundred Mineral And Mining Corp. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Fisher, A. E. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W030528 |
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
SWEET, P.C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, 77 P.
WATSON, T.L., 1907, MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VA., J.P. BELL CO., 618 P.
LONSDALE, J.T., 1927, GEOLOGY OF THE GOLD-PYRITE BELT OF THE NORTHEASTERN PIEDMONT, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULLETIN 30, 110 P.
1957 DIREXPL LUCKY HUNDRED MINERAL AND MINING CORP: PLACER EXPLORATION.
1974 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES.: INSPECTED SITE.
DIREXPL GOLD RUN MINING CO.: SANK SHAFT (PRIOR TO 1906)
| 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 |
| 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 |
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