Mine detail: Twin Vein Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 37.96672, -77.93304

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Gangue: Quartz
Discovery year: 1921

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1921

Geology

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

References

MRDSW030526
DEP10079791
Reference{Deposit:: LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966, BASE-AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED ORE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 7, 167 P.}{Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, 77 P.}{Deposit:: DUNLOP, J.P., 1924, GOLD, SILVER, COPPER, LEAD, AND ZINC IN THE EASTERN STATES. (MINES REPORT.) IN U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1921, PART 1 - METALS, P. 7 - 13.}{Deposit:: 1921 DIREXPL BEGAN DEVELOPMENT AND MINING.}{Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES.: UNABLE TO LOCATE MINE.}{Production:: DUNLOP (1924)}
ReporterMeintzer (D. C. Levan), Robt. E., Trimble, David, C.