Mine detail: Shaw Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 37.86199, -78.09971

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Sulfur-Pyrite
Ore: Gold, Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: LINEAR
Discovery year: 1913

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1913

Geology

Host rock:Chopawamsic Formation
Host type:Hornblendite,Gneiss
Associated type:Mafic Volcanic Rock
Structure:Columbia Syncline , Ne-Sw Trend
Tectonic:Piedmont

References

MRDSW030585
DEP10079842
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 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULLETIN 7, 271 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:: 1974 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES.: MINE LOCATED}{Deposit:: DIREXPL MINE DEVELOPED}
ReporterMeintzer (D. C. Levan), Robert E., Trimble, David, C.