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Indian Town Prospect

Occurrence in Orange 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080094
MRDS ID W031166
Record type Site
Current site name Indian Town Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.80053, 38.36504 (WGS84)
Elevation 95
Relative position 0.5 KM (0.3 MI) SOUTHWEST OF INDIAN TOWN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Orange(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mine Run(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 Orange

Comments on the location information

  • APPROXIMATELY 0.7 KM (0.45 MI) NORTH ON STATE ROAD 603 FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROAD 614, TO A FIELD GATE ON THE WEST SIDE OF 603; MINE IS ABOUT 260 M (853 FT) WEST OF GATE THROUGH THE FIELD UNDER A LARGE OAK TREE.

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 Metamorphosed Sedimentary Rocks
    Rock description Metamorphosed Sedimentary Rocks

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.80053, 38.36504
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO MODERN GEOLOGICAL WORK HAS BEEN DONE IN THE AREA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1880

Mining district

District name Gold - Pyrite Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Jere Willis

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO PITS WHICH ARE PROBABLY CAVED SHAFTS WERE SEEN IN 1981. ONE PIT IS 6 M (20 FT) IN DIAMETER AND 3 M (10 FT) DEEP. THE OTHER PIT IS 9 M (30 FT) IN DIAMETER AND 4 M (13 FT) DEEP.

Comments on development

  • YEAR (S) OF OPERATION UNKNOWN. AN OAK TREE NOW GROWING ON THE OLD DUMP HAS AT LEAST A 1.0 M (3 FT) DIAMETER, SO MINE WAS OPERATED OVER 100 YEARS AGO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLIS, JERRY, 1981, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION.

  • Deposit

    ECONOMIC GEOLOGY FILE (ORANGE CO.) - VDMR

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOME PIECES OF QUARTZ AND SCHIST WERE SEEN ON THE DUMP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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