Mine detail: Lester Mcalexander Mine

Previously called 'Luster Mcalexander Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 36.99007, -80.40451

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Ore: Galena, Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1880

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Little River Gneiss;Alluvium
Host type:Alluvium
Structure:Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Ne-Sw Trend, Fries Fault
Tectonic:Orogen

References

MRDSW030568
DEP10079829
Reference{Deposit:: SWEET, P.C. AND BELL, S.C., 1980, METALLIC MINERALIZATION IN THE BLUE RIDGE PROVINCE OF VIRGINIA, IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO VIRGINIA GEOLOGY - IV: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 27, P. 39-52.}{Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., 1971, GOLD MINES AND PROSPECTS IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA MINERALS, V. 17, P. 26-33.}{Deposit:: DIETRICH, R.V., 1959, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF FLOYD COUNTY OF THE BLUE RIDGE UPLAND, SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION SERIES, BULLETIN NO. 134, 160 P.}{Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, 77 P.}{Deposit:: 1880 DIREXPL}{Deposit:: 1972 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES., PROSPECT LOCATED}
ReporterMeintzer (D.C. Levan), Robert E., Sweet, Palmer C.