Mine detail: Old Tinder Mine

Previously called 'Chicago-Virginia Tract'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.2781, -77.86498

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Sulfur-Pyrite, Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Discovery year: 1875

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1879

Geology

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

References

MRDSW030530
DEP10079794
Reference{Deposit:: LONSDALE, J.T., 1927, GEOLOGY OF THE GOLD-PYRITE BELT OF THE NORTHEASTERN PIEDMONT, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 30, 110 P.}{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:: 1879 DIREXPL CHICAGO-VIRGINIA GOLD MINING CO.: OPERATED UNTIL 1881}{Deposit:: 1881 DIREXPL AMERICAN GOLD MINING CO.: OPERATED UNTIL 1883}{Deposit:: 1907 DIREXPL PIEDMONT MINING & METALLURGICAL CO.: BOUGHT THIS TRACT ALONG WITH DICKEY AND GRASTY TRACTS, OPERATED UNTIL 1910.}{Production:: SWEET (1975), WATSON (1907)}
ReporterMeintzer (D.C. Levan), Robt. E., Trimble, David, C.