Mine detail: Scotia Mine

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Location: Fluvanna County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.83061, -78.11277
dep_id: 10079841
mrds_id: W030583
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Trace mineral: Sulfur-Pyrite
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold, Pyrite
gangue: Garnet, Hematite, Limonite, Magnetite, Quartz, Sericite
orebody_fm: LENS
model: 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
ore_ctrl: In Quartz Veinlets Lying Within Lens Of Quartzite
Reporter: Beaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.), Trimble, David, C.
hrock_unit: Arvonia Formation
hrock_type: Quartzite,Schist
Structure: Columbia Syncline: Ne-Sw Trend
tectonic: Piedmont
Year first produced: 1910
disc_yr: 1910
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 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULLETIN 7, 271 P
  • Deposit:: SMITH, J. W., MILICI, R. C., GREENBURG, S. S., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF FLUVANNA COUNTY: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, BULLETIN 79, 62 P.
  • Deposit:: 1910 DIREXPL SCOTIA MINING CO.; SANK INCLINED SHAFT AND DRIVES
  • Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA. DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES; SITE INSPECTED
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