Mine detail: Gardiner Mine

Location:	Spotsylvania County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long:	38.33254, -77.6097
dep_id:	10067637
mrds_id:	W000433
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Gold
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:	Chopawamsic Formation
hrock_type:	Schist
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Columbia Syncline
tectonic:	Piedmont
Year first produced:	1854
prod_yrs:	1854-1862
References:	Deposit:: LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966, VA. MIN. RES. REPORT 7, P. 52 Deposit:: LONSDALE, J.T., 1927, VA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 30., P. 84 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:: 1854 DIREXPL GARDINER GOLD MINING CO: DEVELOPED AND OPERATED MINE UNTIL 1862. Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA DIV MIN RES: INSPECTED SITE.