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Childsburg Prospect

Occurrence in Culpeper 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 10079808
MRDS ID W030545
Record type Site
Current site name Childsburg Prospect
Alternate or previous names Childsbury Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.70414, 38.41643 (WGS84)
Elevation 86
Relative position 2.0 MI (3.2KM) NE OF RICHARDSVILLE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Culpeper(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Richardsville(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 Culpeper

Comments on the location information

  • 1.0 MI (1.6KM) NORTH OF STATE ROAD 619 ABOUT 0.8 MI (1.3KM) BY ROAD EAST OF JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 701. ALSO AT UTM NORTHING 4255360. AND EASTING 264360., ZONE +18.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO REPORT AS TO PRODUCTION OR ORE

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 > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Chopawamsic Formation
    Rock description Chopawamsic Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.70414, 38.41643
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend

Comments on the geologic information

  • BEDROCK GEOLOGY NOT DESCRIBED. NO MODERN GEOLOGIC WORK HAS BEEN DONE IN THIS AREA, LONSDALE (1927) IS LATEST WORK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold-Pyrite Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION FIGURES LOCATED

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1974, SEVERAL SMALL TRENCH CUTS EVIDENT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    SCHEEL, E.M., 1975, CULPEPER COUNTY HISTORICAL MAP.

  • Deposit

    LONSDALE, J.T., 1927, GEOLOGY OF THE GOLD-PYRITE BELT OF THE NORTHEASTERN PIEDMONT, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 30., 110P.

  • Deposit

    1974 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES, LOCATED MINE.

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL NO REPORT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LONSDALE (1927) DOES NOT LIST THIS MINE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1979 Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1981 Trimble, David, C. U.S. Geological Survey

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