Mine detail: Big Bird Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 37.81144, -78.09027

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Gold
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1861

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Alluvium;Arvonia Formation
Host type:Gravel
Structure:Columbia Syncline , Ne-Sw Trend
Tectonic:Piedmont

References

MRDSW030593
DEP10079849
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:: BROWN, C.B., 1937, OUTLINE OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GOOCHLAND COUNTY, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 48, 68 P.}{Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES: MINE LOCATED}{Deposit:: DIREXPL OPEDERATED AS PLACER PROBABLY PRIOR TO CIVIL WAR}
ReporterMeintzer (D.C. Levan), Robert E., Trimble, David, C.