Mine detail: Marks, Lemuel, Property Prospect

<< Back to the map

<< Back to browsing

Location: Fluvanna County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.82922, -78.12554
dep_id: 10079836
mrds_id: W030577
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Gold
gangue: Quartz
work_type: Surface/Underground
model: 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Reporter: Meintzer (D.C. Levan), Robert E., Sweet, Palmer C.
hrock_unit: Arvonia Formation;Chopawamsic Formation
hrock_type: Schist
Structure: Columbia Syncline , Ne-Sw Trend
tectonic: Piedmont
References:
  • Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, 77 P.
  • Deposit:: LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966, BASE-AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED ORE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 7, 167 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:: CREDNER, H., 1869, REPORT OF EXPLORATIONS ON THE GOLD FIELDS OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA: AMER. JOUR. MNG., VOL. VII, P. 42.
  • Deposit:: D. CHARRON, 1989, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION
  • Deposit:: R. INGALLS, 1989, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION
  • Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES.: MINE LOCATED
  • Deposit:: DIREXPL SHAFT SUNK ON QUARTZ VEIN
© 2010-2018 Lee C. Baker unless noted. All rights reserved.