Mine detail: Walt Williams Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 36.71008, -81.42399

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Discovery year: 1865

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1875

Geology

Host rock:Unicoi Formation
Host type:Mafic Intrusive Rock
Structure:Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Ne-Sw Trend, Conglomerate Strikes N-S And Dips 35 Deg. W.
Tectonic:Geosyncline

References

MRDSW030510
DEP10079777
Reference{Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., AND BELL, S.C., 1980, METATLIC MINERALIZATION IN THE BLUE RIDGE PROVINCE OF VIRGINIA, IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO VIRGINIA GEOLOGY-IV: VDMR PUB. 27, P. 39-52.}{Deposit:: RANKIN, D. W. AND OTHERS, 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WEST HALF OF THE WINSTON SALEM QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA,VIRGINIA, AND TENNESSEE, U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-709-A.}{Deposit:: SWEET, P. C. AND LOVETT, J. A., 1985, VA MINERALS, VOL 31, NO 4, P.41-52.}{Deposit:: 1875 DIREXPL MINED GOLD.}{Deposit:: 1978 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES., LOCATED PROSPECT.}
ReporterSweet, Palmer C. (Trimble, David C.), Meintzer (D.C. Levan), Robert E.