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Ramsey Mine

Past Producer 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. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105456
MRDS ID W000435
Record type Site
Current site name Ramsey Mine
Related records 10179309

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.57581, 38.34337 (WGS84)
Elevation 76
Relative position ABOUT 6.2KM (3.9MI) NW OF FIVEMILE FORK, VA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Spotsylvania(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 Spotsylvania

Comments on the location information

  • 1.37KM (0.85MI) OFF THE NE SIDE OF STATE ROAD 618 ABOUT 2.17KM (1.35MI) BY ROAD NE OF ITS INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROAD 620. 0.9KM (0.6MI) NE OF THE BELL MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Fredericksburg Complex;Quantico Slate
    Rock description Fredericksburg Complex;Quantico Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.57581, 38.34337
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THE HOST ROCK INFO. IS FROM THE VA. STATE GEOLOGICAL MAP. LONSDALE REF. SAYS THE MINE IS NEAR GRANITE, AND NO VEIN MATERIAL WAS SEEN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years PRE-1900

Mining district

District name Gold-Pyrite Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHALLOW PITS, THE LARGER MEASURING 5.5M BY 1M, A SMALL TRENCH AND SMALL PILES OF QUARTZ AND COARSE- TO MEDIUM-GRAINED GRANITE PEBBLES AND COBBLES WERE REPORTED IN 1974.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    LONSDALE, J. T., 1927, GEOLOGY OF THE GOLD-PYRITE BELT OF THE NORTHEASTERN PIEDMONT, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULLETIN 30, 110 P.

  • Deposit

    LUTTRELL, G. W., 1966, BASE- AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED ORE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCE REPORT 7, 167 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.

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL ORGANIZATION UNKNOWN; MINOR DEVELOPEMENT AT SURFACE

  • Production

    LONSDALE, J.T., 1927, GEOLOGY OF GOLD-PYRITE BELT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINE ABANDONED IN LATE 1800'S. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

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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