Mine detail: Burnett Mine

Location:	Buckingham County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long:	37.56173, -78.45917
dep_id:	10079429
mrds_id:	W028966
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Gold
Trace mineral:	Sulfur-Pyrite
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Gold, Pyrite
gangue:	Quartz, Sericite
work_type:	Surface/Underground
model:	273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
ore_ctrl:	In A Bed Of Quartzite.
Reporter:	Beaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.), Trimble, David, C.
hrock_unit:	Chopawamsic Formation
hrock_type:	Schist
Structure:	Arvonia Syncline, Ne-Sw Trend
tectonic:	Piedmont
Year first produced:	1881
dy_ba:	<
disc_yr:	1865
References:	Deposit:: TABER, S., 1913, GEOLOGY OF THE GOLD BELT IN THE JAMES RIVER BASIN, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 7, 271 P. 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 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. 72. Deposit:: HAMMETT, A.B.J., 1966, THE HISTORY OF GOLD: KERRVILLE, TEXAS, BRASWELL PRINTING CO., 107 P. Deposit:: 1881 DIREXPL BURNETT MINING AND MILLING CO.- SUNK SHAFT AND TUNNEL, MINED Deposit:: DIREXPL ? - DUG SHAFT, MINED? Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA. DIV. OF MIN. RES.- SITE INSPECTED