Mine detail: Holliday Prospect

Previously called 'Cabin Hill Prospect'

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Location: Bedford County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.0884, -79.44337
dep_id: 10080100
mrds_id: W031174
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
model: 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
ore_ctrl: Veins, Alluvium
Reporter: Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)
hrock_unit: Alluvium;Chopawamsic Formation
hrock_type: Schist,Alluvium
Structure: Ne-Sw Trend, Faults
tectonic: Piedmont
Year first produced: 1936
disc_yr: 1936
discr: J.W. Holliday
References:
  • Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE
  • Deposit:: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY FILE-VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES.
  • Deposit:: SIDNEY PARKER-PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, 1981
  • Deposit:: 1936? DIREXPL J.W. HOLLIDAY - PROSPECTED STREAM
  • Deposit:: 1981 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES. - INSPECTED PROPERTY
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