| Deposit ID | 10079794 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W030530 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Old Tinder Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Chicago-Virginia Tract |
| Geographic coordinates: | -77.86498, 38.2781 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 131 |
| Relative position | 3.3 KM (2.05 MI) NW OF MINE RUN. |
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 |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Sulfur-Pyrite | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Pyrite | 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 |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist |
| (1) | -77.86498, 38.2781 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Ne-Sw Trend |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1875 |
| Year of first production | 1879 |
| District name | Gold-Pyrite Belt |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Piedmont Mining And Metallurgical Corp. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Fisher, A. E. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W030530 |
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., 1975, ROAD LOG TO SOME ABANDONED GOLD MINES OF THE GOLD-PYRITE BELT, NORTHEASTERN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA MINERALS, V. 21, NO. 1, P. 1-9.
SWEET, P.C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, 77 P.
WATSON, T.L., 1907, MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VA, J.P. BELL CO., 618 P.
1879 DIREXPL CHICAGO-VIRGINIA GOLD MINING CO.: OPERATED UNTIL 1881
1881 DIREXPL AMERICAN GOLD MINING CO.: OPERATED UNTIL 1883
1907 DIREXPL PIEDMONT MINING & METALLURGICAL CO.: BOUGHT THIS TRACT ALONG WITH DICKEY AND GRASTY TRACTS, OPERATED UNTIL 1910.
SWEET (1975), WATSON (1907)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | AS THIS TRACT WAS PART OF THE LARGER TRACT PURCHASED BY PIEDMONT MINING & METALLURGICAL CORP. ALONG WITH MORE IMPORTANT GRASTY TRACT, DESCRIPTIONS OF OLD TINDER, OFTEN INCLUDED UNDER GRASTY TRACT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1870'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1979 | Meintzer (D.C. Levan), Robt. E. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-OCT-1981 | Trimble, David, C. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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