Mine detail: Grannison Mine

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Location: Goochland County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.81561, -78.11388
dep_id: 10079859
mrds_id: W030604
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: IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
model: 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
ore_ctrl: Quartz Veins
Reporter: Meintzer (D.C. Levan), Robert E., Trimble, David, C.
hrock_unit: Arvonia Formation;Alluvium
hrock_type: Gravel
Structure: Columbia 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:: 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:: GOOD, R.S., FORDHAM, O.M., JR., AND HALLADAY, C.R., 1977, GEOCHEMICAL RECONNAISSANCE FOR GOLD IN THE CALEDONIA AND PENDLETON QUADRANGLES IN THE PIEDMONT OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA MINERALS, V. 23, NO. 2, P. 13-22.
  • Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES., MINE LOCATED
  • Deposit:: DIREXPL ADDITIONAL VEIN MINING AND MILL ERECTION POST CIVIL WAR
  • Deposit:: DIREXPL PLACER AND VEIN MINING PRIOR TO CIVIL WAR
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