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Marks, Lancelot, Mine

Past Producer in Goochland 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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079862
MRDS ID W030608
Record type Site
Current site name Marks, Lancelot, Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.09027, 37.81144 (WGS84)
Elevation 101
Relative position 1.1 MI (1.8 KM) SE OF CALEDONIA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Goochland(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Caledonia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillwyn(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roanoke(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle James-Willis(hydrologic unit)

James(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Goochland

Comments on the location information

  • JUST NORTH OF COLE CREEK, 0.5 MI (0.8 KM) OFF NE SIDE OF STATE ROAD 610 ABOUT 0.4 MI (0.6 KM) BY ROAD NW OF JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 651.

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 Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Alluvium;Arvonia Formation
    Rock description Alluvium;Arvonia Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.09027, 37.81144
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins, Alluvium

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINE AREA UNDERLAIN BY ARVONIA FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1830
Year of first production 1830

Mining district

District name Gold-Pyrite Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lancelot Marks
  • Type Owner
    Owner K. Blakey

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1974, SEVERAL WATER-FILLED PITS, AND NUMEROUS SMALL, COVERED DUMP PILES WERE EVIDENT. SEVERAL SHAFTS WERE REPORTED SUNK IN 1850 AND AN ADDITIONAL SHAFT REACHED A DEPTH OF 6.7 M (22 FT)?

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS BETWEEN WOODFORK AND MARKS INCLUDE: MR. COWARD, GEORGE FISHER, AND MINOR WEBB. THE PROPERTY WAS THOROUGHLY PROSPECTED BY GEORGE FISHER. HIS DISCOVERIES INCLUDED: (1) A VEIN OF EXCELLENT MAGNETIC IRON ORE, RICH IN MANGANESE, 0.6 M (2 FT) THICK, IN STRATIFIED GNEISS{ (2) A VEIN OF AURIFEROUS QUARTZ OF EXCELLENT QUATITY, 0.8 TO 1.0 M (2.5 TO 3 FT) THICK, OPENED BY PROSPECTING SHAFTS IN 1850{ (3) A VEIN OF FERRUGINOUS QUARTZ, WITH VISIBLE GOLD, FROM SIX TO EIGHTEEN INCHES THICK, OPENED BY A SHAFT 6.7 M (22 FT) DEEP, IN SINKING WHICH THREE SMALLER BUT EQUALLY RICH QUARTZ VEINS WERE CROSSED{ (4) TWO FERRUGINOUS QUARTZ VEINS FROM 0.3 TO 1.8 M (1 TO 6 FT) THICK{ AND (5) A SECOND VEIN OF MAGNETIC OXIDE OF IRON IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE PROPERTY?

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BROWN, C.B., 1937, OUTLINE OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GOOCHLAND COUNTY, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 48, 68 P.

  • Deposit

    HARPER'S MAGAZINE, 1865, THE NATURAL WEALTH OF VIRGINIA: NEW YORK, V. 32, NO. 187, P. 32-42.

  • Deposit

    CREDNER, H., 1869, REPORT OF EXPLORATIONS ON THE GOLD FIELDS OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA: AMER. JOUR. MNG., VOL. VII, P. 27.

  • Deposit

    1830 DIREXPL MR. WOODFORK, PLACER MINED

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1979 Meintzer (D.C. Levan), Robert E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1982 Trimble, David, C. U.S. Geological Survey

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