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Cromarty Mine

Past Producer 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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079809
MRDS ID W030546
Record type Site
Current site name Cromarty Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.69303, 38.4006 (WGS84)
Elevation 100
Relative position 1.95 MI (3.14KM) E 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

  • OFF THE SSW SIDE OF STATE ROAD 619 ABOUT 0.6 MI (1.0KM) BY ROAD WEST OF JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 683. ADDITIONAL WORKINGS AT UTM NORTHING 4252980., EASTING 264420., 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 > Schist
    Rock unit name Chopawamsic Formation
    Rock description Chopawamsic Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.69303, 38.4006
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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, BUT IS INFERRED FROM LONSDALE (1927) THE LAST WORK IN AREA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1837
Year of first production 1837

Mining district

District name Gold-Pyrite Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Glatfelter Pulp Wood Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1974, ONE WATER-FILLED SHAFT, ONE CAVED SHAFT, SEVERAL SHALLOW PITS AND DUMPS EVIDENT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    SILLIMAN, B., 1837, REMARKS ON THE GOLD MINES AND ON PARTS OF THE GOLD REGION OF VIRGINIA: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, SERIES 1, V.32, P.98-130.

  • Deposit

    1837 DIREXPL MINE PROBABLY OPERATED.

  • Deposit

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

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 (D.C. Levan), Robert E U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1981 Trimble, David, C. U.S. Geological Survey

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