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Jones Prospect

Occurrence in Orange 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  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 10067616
MRDS ID W000409
Record type Site
Current site name Jones Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.81331, 38.35282 (WGS84)
Elevation 94
Relative position 4.26 KM (2.65 MI) SW OF FLAT RUN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Orange(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mine Run(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

  • AT END OF STATE ROAD 685 EXTENDED, 1.05 KM (0.65 MI) EAST OF JUNCTION WITH STATE 603.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Metamorphosed Sedimentary Rocks
    Rock description Metamorphosed Sedimentary Rocks

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.81331, 38.35282
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend

Ore body information

  • Strike N 45 DEG E
    Dip HIGH TO EAST
    Thickness 0.9M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THE SCHIST AND VEIN STRIKE N 45 DEG. E AND DIP STEEPLY TO THE EAST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1915

Mining district

District name Gold-Pyrite Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION REPORTED. ORE VALUES OF $32 PER TON WERE REPORTED THOUGH.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 9.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS, 9.1 AND 7.9 M (30 AND 26 FT) DEEP, WERE SUNK ON A 1 M (3 FT) VEIN IN 1915. IN 1974, TWO CAVED DEPRESSIONS POSSIBLY REPRESENTING AN OLD PIT AND SHAFT(S) WERE EVIDENT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LONSDALE, J.T., 1927, VA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 30, P 80-81.

  • Deposit

    LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966, VA. MIN. RES. REPORT 7, P. 75.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1915 DIREXPL SUNK 2 SHAFTS.

  • Deposit

    1974 RECON VA DIV MIN RES: INSPECTED SITE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A SMALL AMOUNT OF PROSPECTING WAS DONE IN 1915. 30-FT. AND 26-FT. SHAFTS WERE SUNK ON THE 3-FT. VEIN. VALUES OF $32. PER TON WERE REPORTED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

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

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