Mine detail: Willis Creek Mine

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Location: Buckingham County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.44089, -78.62029
dep_id: 10079446
mrds_id: W028985
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold
gangue: Quartz
Reporter: Meintzer (D.C. Levan), Robert E.
hrock_unit: Chopawamsic Formation
hrock_type: Mafic Intrusive Rock,Schist
Structure: Arvonia Syncline, Ne-Sw Trend
tectonic: Piedmont
yfp_ba: >
Year first produced: 1865
dy_ba: >
disc_yr: 1865
References:
  • Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, 77 P.
  • Deposit:: CAMPBELL, J.L., 1882, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY, VIRGINIA: NEW YORK, G.P. PUTNA* SONS, 119P.
  • Deposit:: WATSON, T.L., 1907, GOLD AND SILVER, IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA, J.P. BELL CO., P. 549-567.
  • Deposit:: 1881 DIREXPL DEVELOPING, RESULTS UNKNOWN
  • Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES., LOCATED MINE
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