Mine detail: Moss Mine

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Location:	Goochland County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long:	37.84783, -78.08527
dep_id:	10079866
mrds_id:	W030611
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Gold
Trace mineral:	Zinc, Lead, Vanadium, Copper, Sulfur-Pyrite, Tellurium
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Pyromorphite, Sphalerite, Vanadinite
gangue:	Feldspar, Garnet, Quartz, Sericite, Tourmaline
work_type:	Unknown
model:	273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Reporter:	Sweet, Palmer C., Meintzer (D.C. Levan), Robert E.
hrock_unit:	Arvonia Formation
hrock_type:	Hornblendite,Schist
Structure:	Columbia Syncline , Ne-Sw Trend, Faulting (One Fault Shows 1m Vertical Displacement)
tectonic:	Piedmont
Year first produced:	1836
disc_yr:	1835
discr:	John Moss
References:	Deposit:: PARDEE, J.T. AND PARK, C.F., 1948, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 213, 152 P. 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:: HAMMETT, A.B.J., 1966, THE HISTORY OF GOLD: KERRVILLE, TEXAS, BRASWELL PRINTING CO., 107 P. Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., 1971, GOLD MINES AND PROSPECTS IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA MINERALS, V. 17, NO. 3, P. 25-33. Deposit:: WATSON, T.L., 1907, GOLD AND SILVER, IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA, J.P. BELL COMPANY, P. 549-567. Deposit:: 1836 DIREXPL RICHMOND MINING CO., FIRST OPERATOR (TO 1838) Deposit:: 1902 DIREXPL TELLURIC GOLD MINING CO., IMPROVED SITE (TO 1904) Deposit:: 1936 DIREXPL MOSS MINING CO, IMPROVED SITE Production:: BROWN (1937); SWEET, P.C., 1971, GOLD MINES AND PROSPECTS IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA MINERALS, V. 17, NO. 3, P. 27-28