Mine detail: Dickey Tract Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.28004, -77.86164

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper, Sulfur-Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: IRREGULAR (PLACER)
Discovery year: 1885

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1900

Geology

Host type:Diorite,Schist
Associated rock:Ellisville Granodiorite
Associated type:Diorite
Structure:Ne-Sw Trend
Tectonic:Piedmont

References

MRDSW030528
DEP10079792
Reference{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)}
ReporterMeintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.), Sweet, Palmer C.