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Pruitt No. 4 Prospect

Occurrence in Spotsylvania county in Virginia, United States with commodities Zinc, Copper, Lead, Sulfur-Pyrite, Graphite
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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. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067636
MRDS ID W000432
Record type Site
Current site name Pruitt No. 4 Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.61026, 38.34643 (WGS84)
Elevation 64
Relative position 6.6 KM (4.1 MI) NORTH OF CHANCELLOR.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Spotsylvania(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Salem Church(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fredericksburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Washington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Rappahannock(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

  • LOCATION NOT FIELD CHECKED. 0.4 KM (0.2 MI) ENE OF END OF FARM LANE, 0.85 KM (0.5 MI) BY ROAD NE OF JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 620, 0.5 KM (0.3 MI) NORTH OF JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 616.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Sulfur-Pyrite Secondary
Graphite Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MINERALOGY OF DEPOSIT NOT DELINEATED; PROBABLY SPHALERITE, CHALCOPYRITE, AND GALENA. SOME GRAPHITE NOTED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Graphite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite 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 Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Rock unit name Peters Creek Quartzite Member, Chopawamsic
    Rock description Peters Creek Quartzite Member, Chopawamsic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.61026, 38.34643
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MINE ITSELF IS IN PETERS CREEK QUARTZITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1958

Mining district

District name Gold-Pyrite Belt

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Beebs, Inc.

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL HOLES DRILLED AND FOUR SHALLOW PITS DUG.

Comments on development

  • LITTLE INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON THIS PROSPECT. DRILLED BY BEERS, INC. IN 1958 TO EVALUATE GOSSAN. DRILLED AS AN OFFICE OF MINERAL EXPLORATION (OME) PROJECT. ; ECON.COM: DEPOSIT NOT CONSIDERED ECONOMICALLY WORKABLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966, BASE- AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED ORE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 7, 167 P

  • Deposit

    1958 DIREXPL BEERS, INC.: DRILLED PROSPECT, PROSPECT PITS DUG

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1972 Wright, Nancy A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1980 Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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