| Deposit ID | 10082527 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W055370 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Timber Ridge Prospect |
| Point of reference | Centroid |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -79.8111, 37.55631 (WGS84) |
| Relative position | Original record had no coordinates, so this was plotted to the middle of the state/county area. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Botetourt(county)
Virginia(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Salisbury(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Buena Vista(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Roanoke(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper James(hydrologic unit)
James(hydrologic accounting unit)
Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)
Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Virginia | Botetourt |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Centroid (1) | Conococheague Formation |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1915 |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W055370 |
TWYMAN, J.L., 1915, LETTER TO VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
SWEET, P.C. AND LOVETT, J.A., 1985, VIRGINIA MINERALS, VOL. 31, NO. 4, P.42-51.
BOTETOURT COUNTY DEED BOOKS
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | OCCURRENCE OF GOLD NOTED BY TWYMAN ON PROPERTY OF AUSTIN THOMPSON |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-87 | Sweet, Palmer C. | Virginia Division of Mineral Resources |
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