| Deposit ID | 10086672 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W030540 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | New Hope Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Newhope Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -77.56387, 38.39226 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 82 |
| Relative position | 1.0 KM (0.6 MI) SOUTH OF HARTWOOD. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Stafford(county)
Virginia(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Storck(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Fredericksburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Washington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower Rappahannock(hydrologic unit)
Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic accounting unit)
Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)
Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Virginia | Stafford |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 119 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 39a |
| Deposit model name | Placer Au-PGE |
| Mark3 model number | 54 |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel |
| Rock unit name | Chopawamsic Formation.;Alluvium |
| Rock description | Chopawamsic Formation.;Alluvium |
| (1) | Chopawamsic Formation - Interlayered felsic and mafic metavolcanic rocks |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Ne-Sw Trend, Columbia Syncline |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1861 |
| Year of first production | 1861 |
| District name | Gold-Pyrite Belt |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W030540 |
LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966, BASE-AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED ORE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 7, 167 P.
SWEET, P.C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, 77 P.
CREDNER, H., 1868, REPORT OF EXPLORATIONS ON THE GOLD FIELDS OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA: AMER. JOUR. MNG., VOL. VI, P. 393.
1974 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES.: INSPECTED SITE.
DIREXPL PLACER OPERATION PRIOR TO CIVIL WAR.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | CREDNER (1869) REPORTED DEEP AND EXTENSIVE AURIFEROUS SAND-DEPOSITS ALONG A SMALL CREEK (HORSEPEN RUN). HE REPORTED THAT GOLD HAD BEEN OBTAINED BY PANNING BUT APPARENTLY NO LARGE SCALE OPERATION HAD AS YET BEEN UNDERTAKEN. |
| Deposit | LITTLE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE FOR THIS MINE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: PRE-CIVIL WAR |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1979 | Meintzer (D.C. Levan), Robert E. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JAN-1982 | Trimble, David, C. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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