Mine detail: Melville Mine

Previously called 'Rapidan Mine'

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Location: Orange County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.3606, -77.72442
dep_id: 10067625
mrds_id: W000419
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Trace mineral: Zinc, Lead, Copper, Sulfur-Pyrite, Arsenic
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite
gangue: Ankerite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Sericite
orebody_fm: LENS
work_type: Surface/Underground
model: 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
conc_proc: Downward Moving Solutions . Have Not Affected Deeper Ores.
ore_ctrl: Shear Zone
Reporter: Wright, Nancy A., Sweet, Palmer C. (Trimble, David C.)
hrock_unit: Chopawamsic Formation
hrock_type: Schist
Structure: Northeast-Southwest, Columbia Syncline To The East., Small Faults In The Mine Workings . Schistosity Of Schist Strikes N40dege And Dips 700 Eg Nw
tectonic: Piedmont
Year first produced: 1850
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1865
References:
  • Deposit:: PARDEE, J.T., AND PARK, C.F., 1948, U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 213, PP 57-59, PL 20.
  • Deposit:: PARK, C F, JR, 1936, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE VIRGINIA PIEDMONT: VIRGINIA GEOL SURV BULL 44, 42 P
  • Deposit:: LONSDALE, J.T., 1927, VA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 30, P. 82.
  • Deposit:: SWEET, P C, 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, 77 P
  • Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., 1971, GOLD MINES AND PROSPECTS IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA MINERALS, VOL. 17, NO. 3, P. 25-35.
  • Deposit:: CREDNER, H., 1968, REPORT OF EXPLORATIONS ON THE GOLD FIELDS OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA: AMER. JOUR. MNG., VOL. VI, P. 371.
  • Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., 1975, ROAD LOG TO SOME ABANDONED GOLD MINES OF THE GOLD-PYRITE BELT, NORTHEASTERN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA MINERALS, VOL. 21, NO. 1, P. 1-9.
  • Deposit:: 1800S DIREXPL DETAILS OF WORKINGS UNKNOWN
  • Deposit:: 1934 DIREXPL RAPIDAN GOLD CORP: SANK 2 SHAFTS, MINED, MILLED, AND SHIPPED GOLD ORE.
  • Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA DIV MIN RES: INSPECTED SITE.
  • Production:: PARDEE AND PARK REFERENCE
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