Mine detail: Partridge Mine

Location:	Orange County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long:	38.35726, -77.74803
dep_id:	10067626
mrds_id:	W000420
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Gold
Minor mineral:	Silver
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Gold
gangue:	Quartz
model:	273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Reporter:	Wright, Nancy A., Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.)
hrock_unit:	Ellisville Granodiorite
hrock_type:	Diorite
arock_unit:	Ellisville Granodiorite
arock_type:	Diorite
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend
tectonic:	Piedmont
Year first produced:	1921
prod_yrs:	1921
References:	Deposit:: DUNLOP, J P, 1924, GOLD, SILVER, COPPER, LEAD, AND ZINC IN THE EASTERN STATES, IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1921, PART 1, METALS: U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, P 7-14. . Deposit:: LONSDALE, J.T., 1927, VA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 30, P.83 Deposit:: SWEET, P C, 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:: 1921 DIREXPL GOLD AND SILVER MINED Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA DIV MIN RES: INSPECTED SITE Production:: DUNLOP (1924)