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Rawlings Prospect

Occurrence 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067646
MRDS ID W000445
Record type Site
Current site name Rawlings Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.77442, 38.20005 (WGS84)
Elevation 122
Relative position ABOUT 1.6 KM (1.0 MI) NE OF PORTERS, VA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Spotsylvania(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Belmont(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fredericksburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Washington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mattaponi(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

  • 1.1 KM (0.7 MI) N OF THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROAD 606 WITH STATE ROAD 612 AT MASTIN'S CORNER, VA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Limonite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue

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) -77.77442, 38.20005
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Comments on the geologic information

  • LIGHT GRAYISH SCHIST

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

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO CAVED PITS MEASURING 5.5 M BY 1.5 M WITH MAXIMUMDEPTH OF 0.6 M, AND 4.6 M BY 1.8 M WITH MAXIMUM DEPTH OF 1.5 M; FOUR SMALL TRENCHES, THE LARGEST MEASURING 5.5 M BY 1.2 M WITH 0.6 M MAXIMUM DEPTH; A SMALLER PIT, AND FOUR RIM DUMPS ALL WERE REPORTED NEAR A HILLTOP BY SWEET IN 1974.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    PARDEE, J.T., AND PARK, C.F., JR., 1948, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 213, 156 P. 156 P.

  • Deposit

    CLINE, J.H., WATSON, T.L., AND WRIGHT, F.J., 1921, A GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PYRITE-GOLD BELT IN LOUISA AND SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTIES, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1 P., SCALE 1:63, 360.

  • Deposit

    1974 RECON VA. DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES; SITE INSPECTED BY SWEET.

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL ORGANIZATION UNKNOWN; MINOR TRENCHING APPARENTLY PRODUCED NO ORE.

Reporter information

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

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