D.J. Myers Prospect

Occurrence in Harrisonburg (City) county in Virginia, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082573
MRDS ID W055417
Record type Site
Current site name D.J. Myers Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.90557, 38.45115 (WGS84)
Elevation 427
Relative position JUST OFF STATE ROAD 910 (GARBERS CHURCH ROAD)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Harrisonburg (City)(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bridgewater(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Charlottesville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlottesville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Shenandoah(hydrologic unit)

Potomac(hydrologic accounting unit)

Potomac(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Harrisonburg (City)

Comments on the location information

  • ON OLD D. J. MYERS HOMESTEAD ON STATE ROAD 910 (GARBERS CHURCH ROAD) ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Lincolnshire
    Rock description Lincolnshire
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.90557, 38.45115

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • A LOCAL FAULT MAY BE RELATED TO THE METALLIC MINERALIZATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WAYLAND, J.W., 1912, A HISTORY OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA: DAYTON, VIRGINIA, RUEBUSH-ELKINS COMPANY, 473P.

  • Deposit

    SWEET, P.C. AND LOVETT, J.A., 1985, VIRGINIA MINERALS, VOL.31, NO.4, P.41-52.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LUMPS OF GOLD ON THE SURFACE, ONE OF WHICH WEIGHED 17 PWT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1987 Sweet, Palmer C. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.