Mine detail: Bowles Mine

Location:	Fluvanna County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long:	37.86422, -78.09082
dep_id:	10079831
mrds_id:	W030571
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Gold
Trace mineral:	Sulfur-Pyrite
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Gold, Pyrite
gangue:	Apatite, Goethite, Magnetite, Quartz, Rutile, Zircon
orebody_fm:	LINEAR
work_type:	Surface/Underground
model:	273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Reporter:	Meintzer (D.C. Levan), Robert E., Trimble, David, C.
hrock_unit:	Chopawamsic Formation;Alluvium
hrock_type:	Schist,Gneiss
arock_type:	Gneiss
Structure:	Columbia Syncline , Ne-Sw Trend
tectonic:	Piedmont
yfp_ba:	<
Year first produced:	1861
dy_ba:	<
disc_yr:	1861
References:	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