| Deposit ID | 10079793 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W030529 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Gordon's, H., Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -77.76164, 38.34837 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 102 |
| Relative position | IN LAKE OF THE WOODS SUBDIVISION. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Orange(county)
Virginia(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mine Run(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Fredericksburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Washington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Rapidan-Upper Rappahannock(hydrologic unit)
Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic accounting unit)
Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)
Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Virginia | Orange |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 273 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 36a |
| Deposit model name | Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
| Mark3 model number | 27 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Ellisville Granodiorite | ||||||||
| Rock description | Ellisville Granodiorite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| Rock unit name | Ellisville Granodiorite |
| Rock description | Ellisville Granodiorite |
| (1) | -77.76164, 38.34837 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Ne-Sw Trend |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Gold-Pyrite Belt |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Lake Of The Woods Subdivision |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W030529 |
LONSDALE, J.T., 1927, GEOLOGY OF THE GOLD-PYRITE BELT OF THE NORTHEASTERN PIEDMONT, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULLETIN 30, 110 P.
SWEET, P.C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, 77 P.
1974 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES.: INSPECTED SIT
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ON STRIKE WITH PARTRIDGE MINE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1979 | Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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