| Deposit ID | 10079796 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W030532 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Prospect A Orange Co. |
| Geographic coordinates: | -77.74053, 38.32115 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 110 |
| Relative position | 2.7 KM (1.7 MI) WEST OF WILDERNESS CORNER. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Orange(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)
Rapidan-Upper Rappahannock(hydrologic unit)
Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic accounting unit)
Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)
Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park(National Military Park)
National Military Park NPS(Type of land area)
NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)
| 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 | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist | ||||
| Rock unit name | Chopawamsic Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Chopawamsic Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -77.74053, 38.32115 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Ne-Sw Trend, Columbia Syncline |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Gold-Pyrite Belt |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | R. S. Coleman |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W030532 |
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.
1974 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES.: INSPECTED SITE
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | NOTHING IS KNOWN OF HISTORY OF THIS PROSPECT. 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 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1979 | Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.