Stockton Mine

Past Producer in Louisa county in Virginia, United States with commodities Gold, Sulfur-Pyrite, Copper, Zinc, Lead
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067671
MRDS ID W000471
Record type Site
Current site name Stockton Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.88388, 38.01116 (WGS84)
Elevation 116
Relative position 2.1 KM (1.3 MI) EAST OF MINERAL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Louisa(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mineral(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fredericksburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Washington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pamunkey(hydrologic unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Louisa

Comments on the location information

  • 0.36 KM (0.23 MI) OFF SE SIDE OF STATE ROAD 703, 0.56 KM (0.35 MI) BY ROAD NNE OF JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 618.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Sulfur-Pyrite Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore

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

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold-Pyrite Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • THERE IS NO MENTION OF PRODUCTION.

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO WATER-FILLED PITS, THREE CAVED PITS, AND COVERED DUMP SEEN 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-METAT AND RELATED ORE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VDMR, MIN. RES. REPT. 7, 167 P.

  • Deposit

    PARDEE

  • Deposit

    J.T., AND PARK, C.F., 1948, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT: USGS PP 213, 152 P.

  • Deposit

    CLINE, J.H., WATSON, T.T., AND WRIGHT, F.J., 1921

  • Deposit

    A GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GOLD-PYRITE BELT IN LOUISA AND SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTIES, VIRGINIA: VA. DIV. MIN. RES.

  • Deposit

    1974 RECON VA DIV MIN RES: INSPECTED SITE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ON FISHER LODE
Deposit THERE IS ALMOST NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE CONCERNING THIS MINE. DEPOSIT APPEARS AS SYMBOL ON CLINE, WATSON, AND WRIGHT'S 1921 "GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PYRITE-GOLD BELT IN LOUISA AND SPOTSYLVANIA COS., VA. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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