Mine detail: Payne Tract Mine

Previously called 'Caswel* Mine'

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Location: Goochland County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.85616, -78.07165
dep_id: 10079865
mrds_id: W030613
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold
orebody_fm: LINEAR
model: 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
ore_ctrl: Shear Zones
Reporter: Meintzer (D.C. Levan), Robert E., Trimble, David, C.
hrock_unit: Arvonia Formation
hrock_type: Schist
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:: 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
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