Mine detail: Gilliam Mine

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Location: Buckingham County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.43312, -78.61029
dep_id: 10079449
mrds_id: W028990
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
orebody_fm: LINEAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
model: 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
ore_ctrl: Shear Zones
Reporter: Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.), Trimble, David, C.
hrock_unit: Chopawamsic Formation
hrock_type: Quartzite,Schist
Structure: Arvonia Syncline, Ne-Sw Trend
tectonic: Piedmont
Year first produced: 1865
disc_yr: 1865
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:: CREDNER, H., 1869, REPORT OF EXPLORATIONS ON THE GOLD FIELDS OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA: AMER. JOUR? MNG., VOL. VII, P. 73.
  • Deposit:: 1865 DIREXPL SHAFT DRIVEN
  • Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES., MINE RELOCATED
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