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Smith Tract Mine

Past Producer in Culpeper 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079815
MRDS ID W030553
Record type Site
Current site name Smith Tract Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.67442, 38.37087 (WGS84)
Elevation 59
Relative position 1.6 KM (1.0 MI) NE OF ELYS FORD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Culpeper(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chancellorsville(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 Culpeper

Comments on the location information

  • 0.7 MI (1.1 KM) OFF NE SIDE OF STATE ROAD 610 ABOUT 0.5 MI (0.8 KM) BY ROAD NORTH OF ITS CROSSING OVER THE RAPIDAN RIVER AT ELYS FORD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue
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 Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Chopawamsic Formation
    Rock description Chopawamsic Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.67442, 38.37087
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Comments on the geologic information

  • BEDROCK GEOLOGY NOT DESCRIBED{ BUT IT IS INFERRED FROM LONSDALE (1927), THE LAST WORK DONE IN THE AREA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold-Pyrite Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hutchenson, Roy H.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION, IF ANY, WAS SMALL.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 12M

Comments on the workings information

  • 12 M (40 FT) SHAFT DRIVEN TO FOLLOW VEIN UNTIL IT PINCHED OUT. IN 1974, HILLSIDE CUT WAS EVIDENT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P., 1972, VIRGINIA MINES AND MINERALS, PART 2: ROCKS AND MINERALS, V. 47, P. 435-444

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1974 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES: MINE LOCATED

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL SHAFT DRIVEN FOLLOWING VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1979 Meintzer, (D.C. Levan), Robert E. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources
Updater 01-OCT-1981 Trimble, David, C. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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