Eagle Prospect

Occurrence in Culpeper county in Virginia, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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 10079810
MRDS ID W030547
Record type Site
Current site name Eagle Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.7047, 38.38282 (WGS84)
Elevation 85
Relative position ABOUT 2.82KM (1.75MI) SE 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

  • 0.3KM (0.2MI) OFF THE NE SIDE OF STATE ROAD 610 ABOUT 2.4 KM (1.5MI) BY ROAD SE OF ITS INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROAD 732.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO REPORT AS TO PRODUCTION OR MINERALIZATION

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Mica Gangue
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) -77.7047, 38.38282

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO RECENT GEOLOGICAL WORK HAS BEEN DONE ON THIS AREA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
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 Glatfelter Pulp Wood Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • CAVED PIT 2.4M X 1.5M X 1M DEEP, 3 TRENCH CUTS, 4M X 0.6M X 0.6M AND OTHER 2 BEING 7.6M X 1M X 1M AND SMALL DUMPS REPORTED 1974.

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

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

  • Deposit

    1974 RECON VA. DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES; SITE INSPECTE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MOST OF THE SURROUNDING AREA HAS BEEN LOGGED BY THE GLATFELTER PULPWOOD CO. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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