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Prospect A Spotsylvania Co.

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. 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 10079439
MRDS ID W028978
Record type Site
Current site name Prospect A Spotsylvania Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.66692, 38.30976 (WGS84)
Elevation 107
Relative position 2.9 KM (1.8 MI) WEST OF CHANCELLORSVILLE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Spotsylvania(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chancellorsville(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

  • NOW COVERED BY EASTBOUND LANE OF STATE HWY. 3 ABOUT 0.5 KM (0.3 MI) BY ROAD EAST OF JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 621.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue
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 > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Chopawamsic Formation
    Rock description Chopawamsic Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.66692, 38.30976
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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
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold-Pyrite Belt

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1971 WORKINGS REMAINING CONSISTED OF SINGLE CAVED PIT AND DUMP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SWEET, P.C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VDMR PUB 19, 77 P

  • Deposit

    1971 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES. INSPECTED SIT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS UNNAMED PROSPECT WAS LOCATED AND DESIGNATED AS "PROSPECT (A)" BY SWEET (1980). AS OF 7/79, NO CORRELATION WITH ANY NAMED PROSPECT OR MINE HAS BEEN MADE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

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

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