Mine detail: Greeley Mine

Previously called 'Ayres MineAy* Mine'

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Location: Buckingham County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.57923, -78.38944
dep_id: 10079450
mrds_id: W028991
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold
gangue: Biotite, Feldspar, Garnet, Pyrite, Quartz
orebody_fm: LINEAR
model: 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Reporter: Trimble, David, C., Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.)
hrock_unit: Hatcher Complex (Chopawamsic Formation);Arvonia Formation
hrock_type: Schist
Structure: Arvonia Syncline, Whispering Creek Anticline, Ne-Sw Trend, Faulting
tectonic: Piedmont
yfp_ba: <
Year first produced: 1861
disc_yr: 1825
References:
  • Deposit:: TABER, S., 1913, GEOLOGY OF THE GOLD BELT IN THE JAMES RIVER BASIN, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 7, 271 P.
  • Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, 77 P.
  • Deposit:: CREDNER, H., 1869, REPORT OF EXPLORATIONS ON THE GOLD FIELDS OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA AMER. JOUR. MNG., VOL. VII, P. 105.
  • Deposit:: 1865 DIREXPL TRENCHING
  • Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES., RELOCATED MINE
  • Deposit:: DIREXPL PLACER WORKINGS IN FIRST HALF OF 19TH CENTURY
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