Greenwood Prospect

Occurrence in Prince William 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. 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067543
MRDS ID W000326
Record type Site
Current site name Greenwood Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.43219, 38.63032 (WGS84)
Elevation 104
Relative position 0.8 KM (0.5 MI) SE OF INDEPENDENT HILL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Prince William(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Independent Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Washington West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Washington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Potomac(hydrologic unit)

Potomac(hydrologic accounting unit)

Potomac(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Prince William Forest Park(Other Designation)

Other Designation NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Prince William

Comments on the location information

  • 0.40 KM (0.25 MI) OFF SOUTH SIDE OF STATE HWY 234, 0.3 KM (0.2 MI) BY ROAD EAST OF JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 646.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Occoquan Granite
    Rock description Occoquan Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Occoquan Granite
    Rock description Occoquan Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.43219, 38.63032

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend

Comments on the geologic information

  • FORMATION NAME PER LONSDALE (1927).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold-Pyrite Belt

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1974, TWO WATER-FILLED SHAFTS, TWO CAVED PITS, AND DUMPS NOTED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LUTTRELL, G. W., 1966, VA. MIN. RES. REPORT 7, P. 58.

  • Deposit

    LONSDALE, J. T., 1927, VA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 30, P. 83.

  • Deposit

    SWEET, P C, 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUB 19, 77 P

  • Deposit

    1974 RECON VA DIV MIN RES: INSPECTED SIT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO VERTICAL SHAFTS WERE SUNK, AND SOME TRENCHING WAS DONE. MINE HAS BEEN ABANDONED SINCE EARLY 1900'S. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Wright, Nancy A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1979 Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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