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Dry Bottom Prospect

Occurrence in Culpeper 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067621
MRDS ID W000415
Record type Site
Current site name Dry Bottom Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.68998, 38.38671 (WGS84)
Elevation 102
Relative position 2.3 MI (3.7 KM) SE OF RICHARDSVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Culpeper(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Richardsville(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 Culpeper

Comments on the location information

  • 1.15 MI (1.85 KM) DOWN A LOGGING ROAD OFF SOUTH SIDE OF STATE ROAD 619 ABOUT 0.15 MI (0.24 KM) BY ROAD WEST OF JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 683.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO QUARTZ VEINS VISIBLE, BUT SCATTERED VEIN QUARTZ IS PRESENT ON SURFACE.

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 Chopawamsic Formation
    Rock description Chopawamsic Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.68998, 38.38671
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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
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold-Pyrite Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Glatfelter Pulpwood Co

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1974, ONLY SCATTERED QUARTZ DUMP MATERIAL WAS EVIDENT. SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS AND TEST PITS WERE SUNS DURING PROSPECTING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LONSDALE, J.T., 1927, VA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 30, P. 78

  • Deposit

    LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966, VA. MIN. RES. REPORT 7, P. 43.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1974 RECON VA DIV MIN RES: LOCATED PROSPEC

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS PROSPECT WAS NEVER OPERATED. SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS AND TEST PITS WERE SUNK. WHEN VIEWED BY LONSDALE(1927), THE OPENINGS WERE BADLY CAVED. ; 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-JUN-1979 Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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