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Walnut Creek Mine

Prospect in Orange county in Virginia, United States with commodities Gold, Sulfur-Pyrite, Cobalt, Titanium, Metal
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097468
MRDS ID W031831
Record type Site
Current site name Walnut Creek Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.88304, 38.30282 (WGS84)
Elevation 116
Relative position 4.6 KM (2.9 MI) NORTHEAST OF RHOADESVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Orange(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Unionville(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 Orange

Comments on the location information

  • 0.7 KM (0.45 MI) OFF THE SOUTH SIDE OF STATE ROAD 602 APPROXIMATELY 1.1 KM (0.7 MI) BY ROAD EAST OF ITS INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROAD 622.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Sulfur-Pyrite Secondary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ANALYSES OF ROCK SAMPLES INDICATED CO AND TI WERE PRESENT.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Chopawamsic Formation;Alluvium
    Rock description Chopawamsic Formation;Alluvium
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.88304, 38.30282
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Width 6M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Vein, Alluvium

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1981
Discoverer Hans Huber

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Walnut Creek Mining, Inc.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Hans Huber

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 4.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • AN OPEN CUT ABOUT 16 M (60 FT) LONG AT LEAST 6 M (20 FT) WIDE, AND 3 - 4.6 M (10 TO 15 FT) DEEP HAS BEEN DUG.

Comments on development

  • T.A. HOUSTON & ASSOCIATES, LTD. DUG PROSPECT TRENCHES ACROSS VEIN AT SEVERAL PLACES IN THE SUMMER OF 1981. ANALYSES OF VEIN QUARTZ SAMPLES YIELDED GOLD, PYRITE, COBALT AND TITANIUM. THE OPEN CUT WAS THEN DUG IN LATE SUMMER OR EARLY FALL, 1981. NO WORK HAS BEEN DONE ON THE CUT EXCEPT TO KEEP IT CLEANED OUT SINCE IT WAS INITIALLY DUG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUBER, HANS, 1981 - PERSONAL COMMUNICATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINE IS IN A QUARTZ VEIN IN CHLORITE-SERICITE SCHIST. GOLD IS ALSO PRESENT IN BLACK WALNUT RUN TO THE WEST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1982 Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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