| Deposit ID | 10079812 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W030550 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Hill Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -78.01443, 38.50532 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 148 |
| Relative position | 2.75 MI (4.43 KM) E OF NORMAN. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Culpeper(county)
Virginia(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Castleton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Front Royal(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Charlottesville(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 | Culpeper |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | 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 | Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Meta-Basalt | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Catoctin Formation | ||||||
| Rock description | Catoctin Formation | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist |
| Rock unit name | Catoctin Formation;Lynchburg Formation |
| Rock description | Catoctin Formation;Lynchburg Formation |
| (1) | -78.01443, 38.50532 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Triassic Basin Border Fault , Ne-Sw Trend |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Triassic Basin Faults |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1855 |
| Year of first production | 1855 |
| District name | Gold-Pyrite Belt |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W030550 |
SWEET, P.C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, 77 P.
SWEET, P.C., 1974, UNPUBLISHED FIELD OBSERVATIONS: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES.
1855 DIREXPL PRODUCED PRIOR TO CIVIL WAR
1974 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES, LOCATED MINE
SWEET (1974).
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | NON-MINERALIZED QUARTZ VEIN EXPOSED IN VICINITY, STRIKING N 43 E, DIP 86 DEG SE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1979 | Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-OCT-1981 | Trimble, David, C. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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