Mine detail: Snead Mine

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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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