Mine detail: Morrow Mine

Previously called 'Mosely MineBooker MineGarnett Mine'

Location:	Buckingham County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long:	37.49562, -78.49334
dep_id:	10079437
mrds_id:	W028974
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Gold
Trace mineral:	Copper, Silver, Sulfur-Pyrite, Tellurium
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Chalcopyrite, Gold, Silver
gangue:	Biotite, Garnet, Magnetite, Quartz, Tetradymite
other_matl:	Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
work_type:	Surface/Underground
model:	273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
ore_ctrl:	In Quartz Veins, Unaltered Or With Sulfides.
Reporter:	Beaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.), Sweet, Palmer C. (Trimble, David C.)
hrock_unit:	Arvonia Formation
hrock_type:	Schist
Structure:	Arvonia Syncline, Ne-Sw Trend
tectonic:	Piedmont
Year first produced:	1835
dy_ba:	<
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; VA. DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 7, 167 P. Deposit:: WATSON, T.L., 1907, MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VA., E. P. BELL CO., 618 P. Deposit:: CREDNER, HERMANN, REPORT OF EXPLORATIONS ON THE GOLD FIELDS OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA: AMER. JOUR. MNG., 1869, VOL. VII, P. 73 Deposit:: HAMMETT, A.B.J., 1966, THE HISTORY OF GOLD: KERRVILLE, TEXAS, BRASWELL PRINTING CO., P. 43-53. Deposit:: THE VIRGINIAS, 1880, P. 31. Deposit:: THE VIRGINIAS, 1882, P. 175. Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1939, P. 321, U. S. BUREAU OF MINES. Deposit:: 1852 DIREXPL W.M. MOSELY AND CO. AND GARNETT MINING CO.: Deposit:: 1880 DIREXPL MORROW MINING CO: Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA. DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES; SITE INSPECTED Production:: TABER, S., (1913) P. 200