Mine detail: Busby Mine

Previously called 'Busbee MineGroom Property'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.85116, -78.07915

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Gold
Discovery year: 1829

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1830

Geology

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

References

MRDSW030595
DEP10079851
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:: TABER, S., 1913, GEOLOGY OF THE GOLD BELT IN THE JAMES RIVER BASIN, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULLETIN 7, 271 P.}{Deposit:: CREDNER, H., REPORT OF EXPLORATIONS ON THE GOLD FIELDS OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA, AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MINING, 1869, VOL. 7, P. 27}{Deposit:: HAMMETT, A.B.J., 1966, THE HISTORY OF GOLD, KERRVILLE, TEXAS, BRASWELL PRINTING CO., 107 P.}{Deposit:: 1836 DIREXPL OPERATED BY RICHMOND MINING CO}{Deposit:: 183? DIREXPL FISHERS AND D.W.K BOWLES, ERECTED MILL}{Deposit:: 1974 RECON LOCATED SITE}{Production:: SILLIMAN (1837) AS REF. IN TABER (1913) , CREDNER (1869)}
ReporterMeintzer (D.C. Levan), Robert E., Trimble, David, C.