Location: | Fluvanna County, Virginia, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 37.78005, -78.25666 |
dep_id: | 10079843 |
mrds_id: | W030586 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Gold |
Trace mineral: | Silver, Zinc, Copper, Lead, Sulfur-Pyrite |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Past Producer |
ore: | Chalcopyrite, Gold, Hemimorphite, Pyrite, Pyromorphite, Sphalerite |
gangue: | Biotite, Garnet, Oligoclase, Orthoclase, Quartz, Tourmaline |
orebody_fm: | LINEAR |
model: | 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
ore_ctrl: | Shear Zones |
Reporter: | Meintzer (D. C. Levan), Robert E., Trimble, David, C. |
hrock_unit: | Arvonia Formation |
hrock_type: | Diorite,Schist |
arock_unit: | Ellisville Granodiorite |
arock_type: | Diorite |
Structure: | Arvonia Syncline, Ne-Sw Trend |
tectonic: | Piedmont |
Year first produced: | 1838 |
disc_yr: | 1937 |
References: |
- Deposit:: SWEET, P. C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATIONS 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:: HARPE* MAGAZINE, 1865, THE NATURAL WEALTH OF VIRGINIA: NEW YORK, V. 32, NO. 187, P. 32-42.
- 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:: CREDNER, H., 1869, REPORT OF EXPLORATIONS ON THE GOLD FIELDS OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA: AMER. JOUR. MNG., VOL. VII, P. 58.
- Deposit:: 1837 DIREXPL GEORGE FISHER, JR. AND CO., EXTRACTED GOLD ORE}1881 DIREXPL ATTEMPT ED TO REACTIVATE, SUCCESS MINIMAL}1974 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES, LOCATED MIN
- Production:: TABER (1913)
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