Mine detail: Whitehall Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.23921, -77.73831

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Tellurium, Lead
Ore: Galena, Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Discovery year: 1806

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1848-1881
First production started: 1848
Last production ended: 1884

Geology

Host rock:Chopawamsic Formation;Quantico Slate
Host type:Slate,Schist
Structure:Columbia Syncline , Ne-Sw Trend
Tectonic:Piedmont

References

MRDSW000452
DEP10067654
Reference{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, PP. 25-35, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES.}{Deposit:: LUTTRELL, G. W., 1966, BASE- AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED ORE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES REP. 7, 167 P.}{Deposit:: 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.}{Deposit:: CREDNER, H., 1868, REPORT OF EXPLORATIONS ON THE GOLD FIELDS OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA: AMER. JOUR. MNG., VOL. VI, P. 371.}{Deposit:: WATSON, T.L., 1907, GOLD AND SILVER, IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA, J.P. BELL CO., P. 549-567.}{Deposit:: HOTCHKISS, J., 1881, GOLD-MINING IN VIRGINIA: THE VIRGINIAS, VOL. 2, P. 182.}{Deposit:: SILLIMAN, B., 1837, REMARKS ON THE GOLD MINES AND ON PARTS OF THE GOLD REGION OF VIRGINIA: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND ARTS, VOL. 32, P. 98-130.}{Deposit:: 1848 DIREXPL WHITEHALL MINING CO.; TWO SHAFTS DEVELOPED IN INTERVALS UNTIL 1884.}{Deposit:: 1974 RECON VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES; SITE INSPECTED BY SWEET, P. C.}
ReporterWright, Nancy A., Trimble, David, C.