Mine detail: Ruth Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 37.77922, -78.12694

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1935

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Placer
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1935

Geology

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

References

MRDSW030618
DEP10079871
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:: 1935 DIREXPL POWHATAN MINING CO., MINED PLACER GOLD.}{Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES.: LOCATED MINE.}{Production:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1936, 1941, 1942, 1943, MINERAL YEARBOOK, REVIEW OF YEARS: 1935, 1940, 1941, 1942}
ReporterMeintzer (D.C. Levan), Robert E.