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Smith Mine

Past Producer in Spotsylvania 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 10067638
MRDS ID W000434
Record type Site
Current site name Smith Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.58887, 38.32976 (WGS84)
Elevation 88
Relative position 5.25 KM (3.25 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

  • 0.2 KM (0.1 MI) OFF SE SIDE OF STATE ROAD 618, 1.3 KM (0.8 MI) BY ROAD NE OF JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 620.

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 Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Fredricksburg Complex
    Rock description Fredricksburg Complex
    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 Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Rock unit name Fredricksburg Complex
    Rock description Fredricksburg Complex

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.58887, 38.32976
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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: THE HOST ROCK INFO. IS FROM THE VA. STATE GEOLOGICAL MAP. LONSDALE REF. SAYS THIS MINE IS NEAR GRANITE, AND NO VEIN MATERIAL WAS SEEN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years PRE-1900

Mining district

District name Gold-Pyrite Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner D. Dunlop

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION WAS NOT LARGE.

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1974, EIGHT WATER-FILLED AND CAVED PITS, THREE TRENCHES, AND COVERED DUMPS WERE NOTED.

Comments on development

  • LONSDALE (1927) STATES WORK AT MINE HAD BEEN CEASED FOR MORE THAN THIRTY YEARS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966, VA. MIN. RES. REPORT 7, P. 120

  • Deposit

    LONSDALE, J T, 1927, GEOLOGY OF THE GOLD-PYRITE BELT OF THE NORTHEASTERN PIEDMONT, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 30, 110 P

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1974 RECON VA DIV MIN RES: INSPECTED SIT

  • Production

    LUTTRELL REF.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE IS NOT MUCH INFORMATION AVAILABLE CONCERNING THIS DEPOSIT. THE MINE HAS BEEN ABANDONED SINCE THE LATE 1800'S. ; 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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