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Wise Farm Mine

Past Producer in Stafford 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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079806
MRDS ID W030543
Record type Site
Current site name Wise Farm Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.5947, 38.35254 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 6.6 KM (4.1MI) W OF BEREA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stafford(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Salem Church(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fredericksburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Washington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Rappahannock(hydrologic unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Stafford

Comments on the location information

  • 0.24 KM (0.15MI) N FROM THE END OF STATE ROAD 655.

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 Fredericksburg Complex
    Rock description Fredericksburg Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.5947, 38.35254
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE FREDERICKSBURG COMPLEX IS BORDERED ALONG ITS WESTERN FLANK BY THE QUANTICO SLATE WHICH EXTENDS ALONG THE COLUMBIA SYNCLINE IMMEDIATELY WEST OF THIS AREA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold-Pyrite Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lena M. Clifford

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL TRENCH-LIKE CUTS, SMALL DUMP PILES WITH SOME QUARTZ AND SOIL, REMAINS OF SEVERAL PITS, AND A SWAMPY, WATER-FILLED AREA WERE REPORTED IN 1974.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P., 1972, VIRGINIA MINES AND MINERALS, PT. 2 ROCKS AND MINERALS, V. 47, NO.7-8, P.435-444.

  • Deposit

    1974 RECON VA. DIV OF MINERAL RESOURCES: INSPECTED SITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Beaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1981 Trimble, David, C. U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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