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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