Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeM
Geology
Host rockSchist,Granite · Fredericksburg Complex;Quantico Slate
Associated rockGranite
StructureColumbia Syncline , Ne-Sw Trend
Tectonic settingPiedmont
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production yearsPRE-1900
Identification
Deposit ID10105456
MRDS IDW000435
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.34337, -77.57581
References
SWEET, P.C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, 77 P.LONSDALE, J. T., 1927, GEOLOGY OF THE GOLD-PYRITE BELT OF THE NORTHEASTERN PIEDMONT, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULLETIN 30, 110 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.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.DIREXPL ORGANIZATION UNKNOWN; MINOR DEVELOPEMENT AT SURFACELONSDALE, J.T., 1927, GEOLOGY OF GOLD-PYRITE BELT