Mine detail: Jones Mine

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Location: Louisa County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.00338, -77.89527
dep_id: 10067675
mrds_id: W000475
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
model: 184: Massive sulfide, kuroko
conc_proc: From Volcanic Exhalations (?)
Reporter: Wright, Nancy A., Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.)
hrock_unit: Chopawamsic Formation
hrock_type: Schist
Structure: Ne-Sw Trend, Columbia Syncline
yfp_ba: <
Year first produced: 1921
prod_yrs: 180*
References:
  • 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
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