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Woodman Prospect

Occurrence in Orange 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. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079798
MRDS ID W030534
Record type Site
Current site name Woodman Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.86638, 38.25004 (WGS84)
Relative position EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN

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

  • SOUTHERN ORANGE COUNTY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

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) -77.86638, 38.25004
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1900

Mining district

District name Gold-Pyrite Belt

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Dr. Charles Kuper

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION DOUBTFUL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CULPEPER EXPONENT, 1900, GOOD PROSPECTS: CULPEPER, VA., 6 APRIL., P. 2

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1974 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES.: UNABLE TO LOCATE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Meintzer (D.C. Levan), Robert E. U.S. Geological Survey

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