Mine detail: Milbank Mine

Previously called 'Millbank Mine'

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Location: Culpeper County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.40004, -77.6997
dep_id: 10079813
mrds_id: W030551
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold
model: 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Reporter: Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.), Trimble, David, C.
hrock_unit: Chopawamsic Formation
hrock_type: Schist
Structure: Ne-Sw Trend
tectonic: Piedmont
Year first produced: 1837
disc_yr: 1837
References:
  • Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, 77 P.
  • Deposit:: SILLIMAN, B., 1837, REMARKS ON THE GOLD MINES AND ON PARTS OF THE GOLD REGION OF VIRGINIA: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, SERIES 1, V. 32, P 98-130.
  • Deposit:: SILIMAN, B., 1837, REMARKS ON THE GOLD MINES AND ON PARTS OF THE GOLD REGION OF VIRGINIA: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, SERIES 1, V. 32, P. 98-130.
  • Deposit:: 1837 DIREXPL ADIT BEING CUT
  • Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES., UNABLE TO LOCATE
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