Mine detail: Rough and Ready Mine

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Location: Buckingham County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.617, -78.41111
dep_id: 10079453
mrds_id: W028995
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
model: 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Reporter: Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.), Sweet, Palmer C. (Trimble, David C.)
hrock_type: Schist
Structure: Arvonia Syncline, Ne-Sw Trend
tectonic: Piedmont
yfp_ba: <
Year first produced: 1861
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1861
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. 58.
  • Deposit:: 1879 DIREXPL VEIN UNCOVERED (6 FT WIDE)
  • Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES, MINE RE-LOCATED
  • Deposit:: DIREXPL MINE DEVELOPED PRIOR TO 1861
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