Mine detail: Stockton Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.01116, -77.88388

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Sulfur-Pyrite, Copper, Zinc, Lead
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

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

References

MRDSW000471
DEP10067671
Reference{Deposit:: SWEET, P C, 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION, 19, 77 P.}{Deposit:: LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966, BASE- AND PRECIOUS-METAT AND RELATED ORE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VDMR, MIN. RES. REPT. 7, 167 P.}{Deposit:: PARDEE}{Deposit:: J.T., AND PARK, C.F., 1948, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT: USGS PP 213, 152 P.}{Deposit:: CLINE, J.H., WATSON, T.T., AND WRIGHT, F.J., 1921}{Deposit:: A GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GOLD-PYRITE BELT IN LOUISA AND SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTIES, VIRGINIA: VA. DIV. MIN. RES.}{Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA DIV MIN RES: INSPECTED SITE}
ReporterWright, Nancy A., Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.)