Mine detail: Rossi* Mine

Previously called 'Rossi* Mountain Mine'

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Location: Culpeper County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.38893, -77.71776
dep_id: 10079814
mrds_id: W030552
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold
gangue: Quartz, Sericite
model: 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Reporter: Beaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.), Trimble, David, C.
hrock_unit: Chopawamsic Formation
hrock_type: Schist
Structure: Ne To Sw Trend
tectonic: Piedmont
References:
  • Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, 77 P.
  • Deposit:: DARTER, O.H., 1957, COL. FREDERICKSBURG AND NEIGHBORHOOD IN PERSPECTIVE: NEW YORK, TWAYNE PUBLISHERS; P 294-295.
  • Deposit:: LONSDALE, J.T., 1927, GEOLOGY OF THE GOLD-PYRITE BELT OF THE NORTHEASTERN PIEDMONT, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 30, 110 P.
  • Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA. DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES; SITE INSPECTE
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