Mine detail: Cassel* Mine

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Location: Fluvanna County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.83811, -78.14305
dep_id: 10079832
mrds_id: W030572
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: Hematite, Limonite, Magnetite, Quartz
orebody_fm: LINEAR
model: 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
ore_ctrl: Veins
Reporter: Meintzer (D.C. Levan), Robert E., Trimble, David, C.
hrock_unit: Chopawamsic Formation
hrock_type: Mafic Intrusive Rock,Pegmatite
arock_type: Pegmatite
Structure: Columbia Syncline , Ne-Sw Trend
tectonic: Piedmont
Year first produced: 1912
disc_yr: 1912
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., MILICI, R.C., GREENBERG, S.S., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF FLUVANNA COUNTY: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, BULLETIN 79, 62 P.
  • Deposit:: 1912 DIREXPL SOME ORE MILLED
  • Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES., MINE LOCATED
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