Mine detail: Mosby Mine

Previously called 'Mosbey Property'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.82533, -78.13

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Sulfur-Pyrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: LINEAR
Other material: Pyrite
Discovery year: 1865

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1865

Geology

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

References

MRDSW030579
DEP10079837
Reference{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:: 1865 MINE BEING PROSPECTED}{Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES., LOCATED MINE}
ReporterMeintzer (D.C. Levan), Robert E., Trimble, David, C.