Mine detail: Grannison Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 37.81561, -78.11388

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
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:Gravel
Structure:Columbia Syncline , Ne-Sw Trend
Tectonic:Piedmont

References

MRDSW030604
DEP10079859
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:: 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}
ReporterMeintzer (D.C. Levan), Robert E., Trimble, David, C.