Mine detail: Hill Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.50532, -78.01443

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Discovery year: 1855

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1855

Geology

Host rock:Catoctin Formation;Lynchburg Formation
Host type:Schist
Associated rock:Catoctin Formation
Associated type:Meta-Basalt
Structure:Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Triassic Basin Border Fault , Ne-Sw Trend, Triassic Basin Faults
Tectonic:Piedmont

References

MRDSW030550
DEP10079812
Reference{Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, 77 P.}{Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., 1974, UNPUBLISHED FIELD OBSERVATIONS: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES.}{Deposit:: 1855 DIREXPL PRODUCED PRIOR TO CIVIL WAR}{Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES, LOCATED MINE}{Production:: SWEET (1974).}
ReporterMeintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.), Trimble, David, C.