Mine detail: Red Bank Mine

Location:	Halifax County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long:	36.59951, -78.74474
dep_id:	10079779
mrds_id:	W030513
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Gold
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Gold
gangue:	Hematite, Pyrite, Quartz
orebody_fm:	LINEAR, PINCH AND SWELL
work_type:	Unknown
ore_ctrl:	Shear Zones
Reporter:	Trimble, David, C., Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.)
hrock_unit:	Aaron Formation (Middle Member)
hrock_type:	Greenstone
arock_type:	Meta-Basalt
Structure:	Virgilina Synclinorium, Ne-Sw Trend
tectonic:	Piedmont
Year first produced:	1903
disc_yr:	1903
discr:	H.C. Crowell
References:	Deposit:: LANEY, F.B., 1917, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE VIRGILINA DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 14, 176 P. Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., 1971, GOLD MINES AND PROSPECTS IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA MINERALS, V. 17, NO. 3, P. 25-33. Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, 77 P. Deposit:: WATSON, T.L., 1907, GOLD AND SILVER IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA, JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION COMMISSION, P. 549-567. Deposit:: 1903 DIREXPL MESSRS. H.C. CROWELL & W.T. HARRIS: BEGAN DEVELOPMENT. Deposit:: 1905 DIREXPL VIRGILINA MINING CO.: OPERATED MINE. Deposit:: 1941 DIREXPL RED BANK GOLD MINES, INC.: OPERATED MINE Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES. INSPECTED SITE. Production:: SWEET (1971), LANEY (1917)