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Randolph Prospect

Occurrence in Spotsylvania 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096161
MRDS ID W000428
Record type Site
Current site name Randolph Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.7272, 38.24726 (WGS84)
Elevation 104
Relative position ABOUT 5.1 KM (3.2 MI) WEST OF TODD'S TAVERN, VA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Spotsylvania(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brokenburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fredericksburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Washington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mattaponi(hydrologic unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Spotsylvania

Comments on the location information

  • 0.3 KM (0.2 MI) NE OF WHITEHALL CREEK; 3.2 KM (2.0MI) NNW OF SHADY GROVE CORNER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Fredericksburg Complex
    Rock description Fredericksburg Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.7272, 38.24726
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold-Pyrite Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • THERE IS NO MENTION OF ANY PRODUCTION.

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVEN WATER-FILLED AND CAVED SHAFTS, SIX CAVED PITS AND CUTS, AND SEVERAL DUMPS WERE REPORTED BY SWEET IN 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966, VA. MIN. RES. REPORT 7, P. 110

  • Deposit

    PARDEE, J.T., AND PARK, C.F., 1948, USGS P.P. 213., P. 54.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    CLINE, J.H., WATSON, T.L., AND WRIGHT, F.J., 1921, A GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PYRITE-GOLD BELT IN LOUISA AND SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTIES, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1 P., SCALE 1:63 360.

  • Deposit

    1974 RECON VA. DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES; SITE INSPECTED BY SWEET.

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL ORGANIZATION UNKNOWN; SEVERAL SMALL SHAFTS SUNK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1972 Wright, Nancy A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1979 Beaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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