Mine detail: Pryor Tract Mine

Previously called 'Pryer Tract'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.84311, -78.07638

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1835

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Placer
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1835

Geology

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

References

MRDSW030617
DEP10079870
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:: 1912 DIREXPL SHAFTS SUNK, NOTHING FOUND.}{Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA. DIV. OF MIN RES.: LOCATED MINE.}{Deposit:: DIREXPL PLACER MINING.}
ReporterMeintzer (D.C. Levan), Robert E., Trimble, David, C.