Mine detail: Monroe Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.37448, -77.60998

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Sulfur-Pyrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz, Tetradymite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1858

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1858

Geology

Host rock:Chopawamsic Formation
Host type:Mafic Intrusive Rock,Schist
Structure:Ne-Sw Trend, Columbia Syncline
Tectonic:Piedmont

References

MRDSW000417
DEP10067623
Reference{Deposit:: LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966, VA. MIN. RES. REPORT 7, P. 95.}{Deposit:: SWEET, P S, 1975, ROAD LOG TO SOME ABANDONED GOLD MINES OF THE GOLD-PYRITE BELT, NORTHEASTERN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA MINERALS, V 21, NO 1, P 1-9.}{Deposit:: SWEET, P C, 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, 77 P}{Deposit:: CREDNER, H., 1868, REPORT OF EXPLORATIONS ON THE GOLD FIELDS OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA: AMER. JOUR? MNG., 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.}{Deposit:: LONSDALE, J.T., 1927, GEOLOGY OF THE GOLD-PYRITE BELT OF THE NORTHEASTERN PIEDMONT, VIRGINIA: VGS BULT 30, 110 P.}{Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA DIV MIN RES: INSPECTED SITE}{Deposit:: DIREXPL POST-CIVIL WAR-DEVELOPMENT}
ReporterWright, Nancy A., Trimble, David, C.