Mine detail: Bertha and Edith Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 37.78561, -78.12472

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Sulfur-Pyrite
Ore: Gold, Pyrite
Gangue: Feldspar, Kaolinite, Limonite, Magnetite, Muscovite, Quartz
Orebody form: IRREGULAR, LINEAR
Discovery year: 1861

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Arvonia Formation;Alluvium
Host type:Hornblendite,Phyllite,Schist,Gneiss
Structure:Columbia Syncline , Ne-Sw Trend
Tectonic:Piedmont
Alteration processes:Kaolinization Of Feldspar

References

MRDSW030592
DEP10079848
Reference{Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, 77 P.}{Deposit:: BROWN, C.B., 1937, OUTLINE OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GOOCHLAND COUNTY, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 48, 68 P.}{Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., 1971, GOLD MINES AND PROSPECTS IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA MINERALS, V. 17, P. 25-33.}{Deposit:: TABER, S., 1913, GEOLOGY OF THE GOLD BELT IN THE JAMES RIVER BASIN, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 7, 271 P.}{Deposit:: HAMMETT, A.B.J., 1966, THE HISTORY OF GOLD: KERRVILLE, TEXAS, BRASWELL PRINTING CO., 107 P.}{Deposit:: 1877 DIREXPL BERTHA AND EDITH GOLD MINING CO, PRODUCED ORE}{Deposit:: 1937 DIREXPL H.H. WALTON, WORKED PLACER DEPOSIT}{Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES: LOCATED MINE}{Production:: BUREAU OF MINES, MINERAL YEARBOOK 1938-1940.}
ReporterMeintzer (D.C. Levan), Robert E, Trimble, David, C.