Mine detail: Dickey Tract Mine

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Location: Orange County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.28004, -77.86164
dep_id: 10079792
mrds_id: W030528
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Trace mineral: Copper, Sulfur-Pyrite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR (PLACER)
model: 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Reporter: Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.), Sweet, Palmer C.
hrock_type: Diorite,Schist
arock_unit: Ellisville Granodiorite
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Ne-Sw Trend
tectonic: Piedmont
yfp_ba: <
Year first produced: 1900
disc_yr: 1885
References:
  • Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., 1975, ROAD LOG TO SOME ABANDONED GOLD MINES OF THE GOLD-PYRITE BELT, NORTHEASTERN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA MINERALS, V. 21, NO. 1, P. 1-9
  • Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, 77 P.
  • Deposit:: WATSON, T.L., 1907, MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VA., J.P. BELL CO., 618 P.
  • Deposit:: LONSDALE, J.T., 1927, GEOLOGY OF THE GOLD-PYRITE BELT OF THE NORTHEASTERN PIEDMONT, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULLETIN 30, 110 P.
  • Deposit:: 1957 DIREXPL LUCKY HUNDRED MINERAL AND MINING CORP: PLACER EXPLORATION.
  • Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES.: INSPECTED SITE.
  • Deposit:: DIREXPL GOLD RUN MINING CO.: SANK SHAFT (PRIOR TO 1906)
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