Mine detail: Kent Mine

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Location: Goochland County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.80588, -78.11749
dep_id: 10079860
mrds_id: W030606
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR, LINEAR
model: 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Reporter: Meintzer (D.C. Levan), Robert E., Trimble, David, C.
hrock_unit: Arvonia Formation;Alluvium
hrock_type: Gravel,Schist
Structure: Columbia Syncline , Ne-Sw Trend
tectonic: Piedmont
References:
  • Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, 77 P.
  • Deposit:: LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966, BASE- AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED ORE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 7, 167 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., LOCATED MINE
  • Deposit:: DIREXPL PLACER OPERATION AND SUPERFICIAL VEIN EXPLORATION
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