| Location: | Buckingham County, Virginia, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 37.55145, -78.46417 |
| dep_id: | 10079433 |
| mrds_id: | W028971 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Gold |
| Trace mineral: | Silver, Zinc, Copper, Lead, Sulfur-Pyrite |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Silver, Sphalerite, Tennantite |
| gangue: | Barite, Biotite, Chlorite, Limonite, Magnetite, Muscovite, Quartz, Sericite |
| other_matl: | Pyrite |
| orebody_fm: | DISSEMINATED, IRREGULAR |
| work_type: | Surface/Underground |
| model: | 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
| ore_ctrl: | Disseminated In Quartzite And In Vein, Partially Associated With Sulfides. |
| Reporter: | Beaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.), Sweet, Palmer C. |
| hrock_unit: | Chopawamsic Formation |
| hrock_type: | Slate,Quartzite,Mica Schist |
| Structure: | Arvonia Syncline, Ne-Sw Trend |
| tectonic: | Piedmont |
| Year first produced: | 1853 |
| disc_yr: | 1840 |
| discr: | Mr. Eldridge |
| References: |
- 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)
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