Mine detail: London and Virginia Mine

Previously called 'Eldridge Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.55145, -78.46417

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver, Zinc, Copper, Lead, Sulfur-Pyrite
Ore: Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Silver, Sphalerite, Tennantite
Gangue: Barite, Biotite, Chlorite, Limonite, Magnetite, Muscovite, Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form: DISSEMINATED, IRREGULAR
Other material: Pyrite
Discovery year: 1840

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1853

Geology

Host rock:Chopawamsic Formation
Host type:Slate,Quartzite,Mica Schist
Structure:Arvonia Syncline, Ne-Sw Trend
Tectonic:Piedmont

References

MRDSW028971
DEP10079433
Reference{Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 19, 77 P.}{Deposit:: BROWN, W.R., 1969, GEOLOGY OF THE DILLWYN QUADRANGLE, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 10, 77 P}{Deposit:: WATSON, T.L., 1907, MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VA., J.P. BELL CO., 618 P.}{Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., 1971, GOLD MINES AND PROSPECTS IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA MINERALS, V. 17, NO. 3, P. 25-33.}{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:: MANGAN, M., 1983, GOLD-SILVER MINERALIZATION AT THE LONDON-VIRGINIA MINE, BUCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY M. S. THESIS, 65P.}{Deposit:: TABER, S., 1913, GEOLOGY OF THE GOLD BELT IN THE JAMES RIVER BASIN, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 7, 271 P.}{Deposit:: 1853 DIREXPL LONDON AND VIRGINIA GOLD AND COPPER MINING CO}{Reserve-Resource:: BROWN (1969)}
ReporterBeaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.), Sweet, Palmer C.