Mine detail: Stockton Tunnel Mine

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Location: Fluvanna County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.86116, -78.22111
dep_id: 10079844
mrds_id: W030587
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: LENS
model: 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Reporter: Meintzer (D.C. Levan), Robert E., Trimble, David, C.
hrock_unit: Chopawamsic Formation;Arvonia Formation
hrock_type: Slate,Phyllite,Schist,Gneiss
arock_type: Metavolcanic Rock
Structure: Long Island Syncline, Ne-Sw Trend
tectonic: Piedmont
yfp_ba: <
Year first produced: 1861
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1861
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., 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
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