Mine detail: Page Mine

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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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