Mine detail: Mcgloam Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 37.85366, -78.10332

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Sulfur-Pyrite
Ore: Gold, Pyrite
Gangue: Feldspar, Magnetite, Quartz, Rutile, Zircon
Discovery year: 1913

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1913

Geology

Host rock:Chopawamsic Formation
Host type:Hornblendite,Gneiss
Associated type:Felsic Volcanic Rock
Structure:Columbia Syncline , Ne-Sw Trend
Tectonic:Piedmont

References

MRDSW030578
DEP10079835
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 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 7, 271 P.}{Deposit:: SMITH, J.W., MILICI, R.C., AND GREENBERG, S.S., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF FLUVANNA COUNTY: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, BULLETIN 79, 62 P.}{Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES: LOCATED MINE}{Deposit:: DIREXPL AREA DEVELOPED}
ReporterMeintzer (D.C. Levan), Robert E., Trimble, David, C.