Mine detail: Payne Tract Mine

Previously called 'Caswel* Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.85616, -78.07165

Resource(M)

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

Production

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

Geology

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

References

MRDSW030613
DEP10079865
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:: MORRILL, P. 1972, VIRGINIA MINES AND MINERALS, PT 4: ROCKS AND MINERALS, V. 47, NO. 10, P. 587-596}{Deposit:: TABER, S., 1913, GEOLOGY OF THE GOLD BELT IN THE JAMES RIVER BASIN, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 7, 271 P.}{Deposit:: 1911 DIREXPL ATTEMPT MADE TO REOPEN A SHAFT}{Deposit:: DIREXPL MINED AND MILL ERECTED PRIOR TO CIVIL WAR}{Deposit:: 1933 DIREXPL TRENCHING WORK STARTED; DISCLOSED VEIN}
ReporterMeintzer (D.C. Levan), Robert E., Trimble, David, C.