Mine detail: Page Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 37.84811, -78.22722

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead, Sulfur-Pyrite
Ore: Galena, Gold, Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite, Chlorite, Feldspar, Quartz, Sericite
Discovery year: 1856

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1856

Geology

Host rock:Arvonia Formation
Host type:Slate,Phyllite,Schist
Structure:Long Island Syncline, Ne-Sw Trend
Tectonic:Piedmont

References

MRDSW030580
DEP10079839
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: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 7, 271 P.}{Deposit:: WATSON, T. L., 1907, MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA, J. P. BELL COMPANY, PRINTERS AND BINDERS, 618 P.}{Deposit:: HAMMETT, A.B.J., 1966, THE HISTORY OF GOLD: KERRVILLE, TEXAS, BRASWELL PRINTING CO., 107 P.}{Deposit:: 1856 DIREXPL}{Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA. DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES; SITE INSPECTED}{Production:: HAMMETT (1966)}
ReporterBeaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.), Trimble, David, C.