Mine detail: Jenkins Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.06366, -77.8611

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1835

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1835

Geology

Host rock:Alluvium;Chopawamsic Formation
Host type:Schist,Alluvium
Structure:Columbia Syncline , Ne-Sw Trend
Tectonic:Piedmont

References

MRDSW030516
DEP10079782
Reference{Deposit:: SILLIMAN, B., 1837, REMARKS ON SOME OF THE GOLD MINES, AND ON PARTS OF THE GOLD REGION OF VIRGINIA: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, V. 32, P. 108-130.}{Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, 77 P.}{Deposit:: 1835 DIREXPL PLACER OPERATION AND VEIN PROSPECT.}{Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES.: INSPECTED SITE.}{Production:: SILLIMAN (1837)}
ReporterMeintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.), Trimble, David, C.