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Woodville Mine

Past Producer in Orange 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 10079799
MRDS ID W030535
Record type Site
Current site name Woodville Mine
Alternate or previous names Coulter's Mine, Coalter's Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.73414, 38.33337 (WGS84)
Elevation 98
Relative position 1.0 KM (0.6 MI) NW OF WILDERNESS.

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Orange

Comments on the location information

  • ON BOTH NE AND SW SIDES OF STATE HWY 3. ADDITIONAL SITE: UTM (ZONE +18), N 4245820., E 260630.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
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 > Schist
    Rock unit name Chopawamsic Formation
    Rock description Chopawamsic Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.73414, 38.33337
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Comments on the geologic information

  • SCHIST RESEMBLES A GREENSTONE. (SWEET, 1980).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1861
Year of first production 1861

Mining district

District name Gold-Pyrite Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION FIGURES HAVE BEEN LOCATED, HOWEVER, PRODUCTION WAS PROBABLY SMALL.

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1974, A CAVED SHAFT, ABOUT TWELVE CAVED PITS AND TRENCH CUTS, AND COVERED DUMPS WERE EVIDENT.

Comments on development

  • APPARENTLY DEVELOPED AROUND 1850.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SWEET, P.C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, 77 P

  • Deposit

    1974 RECON NA. DIV. MIN. RES.: INSPECTED SITE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: PRE-CIVIL WAR

Reporter information

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

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