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Colleen Prospect

Occurrence in Nelson county in Virginia, United States with commodities Gold, Uranium, Platinum, Tungsten, Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080099
MRDS ID W031173
Record type Site
Current site name Colleen Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.9378, 37.71228 (WGS84)
Elevation 226
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 0.6 KM (0.4 MI) NORTHWEST OF COLLEEN., Presumed Accurate

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nelson(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Arrington(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillwyn(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roanoke(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle James-Buffalo(hydrologic unit)

James(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Nelson

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. 0.9 KM (0.55 MI) WEST ON STATE ROAD 56 FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH U.S. ROUTE 29, ABOUT 30 M (100 FT) NORTH OF THE ROAD UNDER SOME OAK TREES. ABOUT 0.16 KM (0.1 MI) EAST ON STATE ROAD 56 FROM THE DRIVEWAY OF THE MAYS HOUSE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Uranium Secondary
Platinum Critical Secondary
Tungsten Critical Secondary
Manganese Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ALL COMMODITIES WERE REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN FOUND, BUT NOT ABLE TO VERIFY. MINERALOGY UNKNOWN; NATIVE GOLD PRESUMED. UNABLE TO FIND SOURCE OF PGE DATA; SOURCE IS PRESUMED TO BE VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Feldspar Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Lovingston Formation
    Rock description Lovingston Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.9378, 37.71228
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults ?

Ore body information

  • General form UNKNOWN

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins?

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO BEDROCK WAS EXPOSED AT THE MINE. GEOLOGY IN THE MINE IS UNKNOWN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1937
Discoverer Von Raven (?)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Von Raven
  • Type Owner
    Owner Nettie H. Mays

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 108M
    Overall depth 37M
    Overall length 8.23M
    Overall width 9M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SHAFT 120 FT (37 M) DEEP WAS DUG WITH 2 TUNNELS AT BOTTOM OF SHAFT, EACH OF WHICH WAS AT LEAST 117 FT (36 M) LONG. 3 UNDERGROUND ROOMS OFF SHAFT, 30 FT (9M) SQUARE, WERE ALSO DUG.

Comments on development

  • MINE IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN OPENED IN 1937 BY A GERMAN NAMED VON RAVEN (?). IT CONSISTED OF ONE SHAFT WITH 2 TUNNELS AND 3 ROOMS. NO PRODUCTION RESULTED, DEPOSIT WAS UNECONOMIC AND MINE WAS CLOSED IN 1939. SHAFT HAS NOW BEEN FILLED IN AND ONLY ONE DUMP PILE IS VISIBLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ECONOMIC GEOLOGY FILE - VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES

  • Deposit

    1937 DIREXPL VON RAVEN - DUG SHAFT, NO PRODUCTION

  • Deposit

    1980 RECON VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES - INSPECTED SITE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONLY ONE DUMP PILE IS NOW VISIBLE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-80 Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources
Updater 01-JUL-91 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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