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Gamewood Prospect

Occurrence in Fauquier 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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079820
MRDS ID W030559
Record type Site
Current site name Gamewood Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.74748, 38.47504 (WGS84)
Elevation 104
Relative position ABOUT 2.4 KM (1.5 MI) NW OF SUMERDUCK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fauquier(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Richardsville(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 Fauquier

Comments on the location information

  • 0.56 KM (0.35 MI) S OF INTERSECTION OF STATE ROAD 651 WITH STATE ROAD 637.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold 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 Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Chopawamsic Formation
    Rock description Chopawamsic Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.74748, 38.47504
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO RECENT GEOLOGICAL WORK HAS BEEN DONE ON THIS AREA; FORMATION DESCRIBED BUT NOT NAMED BY LONSDALE (1927).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold-Pyrite Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Maddux, T. H., Jr In The Late 1970'S.

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 APPARANT CAVED SHAFTS AND SCATTERED QUARTZ ROCKS WHICH APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN CRUSHED WERE REPORTED AT SITE IN 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

    BARRAN, B.A., 1977, GOLD MINES OF FAUQUIER COUNTY, VIRGINIA: WARRENTON PRINTING AND PUBLISHING COMPANY, WARRENTON, VIRGINIA, 57 P.

  • Deposit

    1974 RECON VA. DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES; SITE INSPECTE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1979 Beaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1987 Sweet, Palmer C. U.S. Geological Survey

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