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Johnston's Prospect

Occurrence in Spotsylvania 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079441
MRDS ID W028980
Record type Site
Current site name Johnston's Prospect
Alternate or previous names Johnston Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.75776, 38.18505 (WGS84)
Elevation 120
Relative position 3.1 KM (1.9 MI) EAST OF PORTERS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Spotsylvania(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Belmont(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fredericksburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Washington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mattaponi(hydrologic unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Spotsylvania

Comments on the location information

  • 0.6 KM (0.4 MI) OFF SOUTH SIDE OF STATE ROAD 612 (PAMUNKEY ROLLING ROAD), 1.69 KM (1.05 MI) BY ROAD EAST OF JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 606 AT MASTINS CORNER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

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) -77.75776, 38.18505
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1867

Mining district

District name Gold-Pyrite Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • THOUGH NO PRODUCTION FIGURES EXIST, IT IS DOUBTFUL IF THERE WERE ANY

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1974, A SMALL DEPRESSION WAS OBSERVED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SWEET, P.C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VDMR PUB 19, 77 P

  • Deposit

    1974 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES.: INSPECTED SIT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LITTLE INFORMATION EXISTS ON THIS PROSPECT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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