Mine detail: Flood Mine

Previously called 'James Anderso* Mine'

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Location: Buckingham County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.44145, -78.60112
dep_id: 10079428
mrds_id: W028964
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold
gangue: Pyrite, Quartz, Sericite
model: 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Reporter: Beaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.), Trimble, David, C.
hrock_unit: Chopawamsic Formation;Arvonia
hrock_type: Quartzite
Structure: Arvonia Syncline, Ne-Sw Trend
tectonic: Piedmont
Year first produced: 1835
disc_yr: 1835
References:
  • Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, 77 P.
  • Deposit:: TABER, S., 1913, GEOLOGY OF THE GOLD BELT IN THE JAMES RIVER BASIN, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 7, 271 P.
  • Deposit:: LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966, BASE-AND PRECIOUS METAL AND RELATED ORE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 7, 167 P.
  • Deposit:: CREDNER, H., 1869, REPORT OF EXPLORATIONS ON THE GOLD FIELDS OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA: AMER. JOUR. MNG., VOL. VII, P. 73.
  • Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA. DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES: SITE INSPECTED
  • Deposit:: DIREXPL SHAFT AND TUNNEL SUNK
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