Mine detail: Bowles Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 37.86422, -78.09082

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Sulfur-Pyrite
Ore: Gold, Pyrite
Gangue: Apatite, Goethite, Magnetite, Quartz, Rutile, Zircon
Orebody form: LINEAR
Discovery year: 1861

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1861

Geology

Host rock:Chopawamsic Formation;Alluvium
Host type:Schist,Gneiss
Associated type:Gneiss
Structure:Columbia Syncline , Ne-Sw Trend
Tectonic:Piedmont

References

MRDSW030571
DEP10079831
Reference{Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, 77 P.}{Deposit:: TABER, S., 1913, GEOLOGY OF THE GOLD BELT IN THE JAMES RIVER BASIN, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULLETIN 7, 271 P.}{Deposit:: SMITH, J.W., MILLICI, R.C., AND GREENBERG, S.S., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF FLUVANNA COUNTY: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, BULLETIN 79, 62 P}{Deposit:: HAMMETT, A.B.J., 1966, THE HISTORY OF GOLD: KERRVILLE, TEXAS, BRASWELL PRINTING CO., 107 P.}{Deposit:: 1887 DIREXPL MINED, ORE MILLED AT TELLURIUM MINE}{Deposit:: 1910 DIREXPL MR. FERRIS, ORE MINED}{Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES., MINE LOCATED}
ReporterMeintzer (D.C. Levan), Robert E., Trimble, David, C.