Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsGold
GangueLimonite, Magnetite
Geology
Host rockSchist · Chopawamsic Formation
StructureColumbia Syncline; Ne-Sw Trend
Tectonic settingPiedmont
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10067646
MRDS IDW000445
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates38.20005, -77.77442
References
SWEET, P.C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, 77 P.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.PARDEE, J.T., AND PARK, C.F., JR., 1948, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 213, 156 P. 156 P.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, 360.1974 RECON VA. DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES; SITE INSPECTED BY SWEET.DIREXPL ORGANIZATION UNKNOWN; MINOR TRENCHING APPARENTLY PRODUCED NO ORE.