Mine detail: Stockton Tunnel Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 37.86116, -78.22111

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: LENS
Discovery year: 1861

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1861

Geology

Host rock:Chopawamsic Formation;Arvonia Formation
Host type:Slate,Phyllite,Schist,Gneiss
Associated type:Metavolcanic Rock
Structure:Long Island Syncline, Ne-Sw Trend
Tectonic:Piedmont

References

MRDSW030587
DEP10079844
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., 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. OF MIN. RES.: LOCATED MINE}{Deposit:: DIREXPL COMMODORE R.F. STOCKTON; OPENED TWO VEINS}
ReporterMeintzer (D.C. Levan), Robert E., Trimble, David, C.