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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