Location: | Fluvanna County, Virginia, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 37.84811, -78.22722 |
dep_id: | 10079839 |
mrds_id: | W030580 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Gold |
Trace mineral: | Lead, Sulfur-Pyrite |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Deposit type: | Vein |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Past Producer |
ore: | Galena, Gold, Pyrite |
gangue: | Calcite, Chlorite, Feldspar, Quartz, Sericite |
model: | 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
ore_ctrl: | In Quartz Veins |
Reporter: | Beaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.), Trimble, David, C. |
hrock_unit: | Arvonia Formation |
hrock_type: | Slate,Phyllite,Schist |
Structure: | Long Island Syncline, Ne-Sw Trend |
tectonic: | Piedmont |
Year first produced: | 1856 |
disc_yr: | 1856 |
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 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)
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