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Rattlesnake Mine

Past Producer in Stafford county in Virginia, United States with commodities Gold, Sulfur-Pyrite
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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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080424
MRDS ID W031569
Record type Site
Current site name Rattlesnake Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.60387, 38.36948 (WGS84)
Elevation 89
Relative position 5 KM(3.2 MI) SOUTHWEST OF HARTWOOD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stafford(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Salem Church(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fredericksburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Washington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Rappahannock(hydrologic unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Stafford

Comments on the location information

  • 0.8 KM(0.5 MI) SOUTH OF THE END OF STATE ROAD 752, ON THE RIDGE NORTHWEST OF THE EAGLE MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Sulfur-Pyrite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Biotite 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 Quantico Slate(Basal Section)
    Rock description Quantico Slate(Basal Section)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.60387, 38.36948
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR()

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein/Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1865
Year of first production 1865

Mining district

District name Gold-Pyrite Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1982 WORKING CONSISTED OF NUMEROUS(AT LEAST 50) CAVED PITS AND SHAFTS AND SEVERAL OPEN CUTS AND CAVED TUNNELS, PLUS DUMP PILES AND THE MILL FOUNDATIONS. THE MAIN SHAFT IS ABOUT 7.6 M(25 FT) SQUARE AND 4.6 M(15 FT) DEEP.

Comments on development

  • MINE WAS FIRST WORKED AS A PLACER AND LARGE QUANTITIES OF NUGGETS ARE REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN FOUND, WHICH WEIGHED FROM ONE-HALF TO 5 DWTS., AND SOME RANGING AS HIGH AS 125 DWTS(6.25 TOZ).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRENDER, H., 1868, REPORT OF EXPLANATIONS ON THE GOLD FIELDS OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MINING, VOL. VI, P.393.

  • Deposit

    WATSON, T.L., 1907, GOLD AND SILVER, IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA, J.P. BELL CO., P. 549-567.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1982 Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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