Mine detail: Rattlesnake Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.36948, -77.60387

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Sulfur-Pyrite
Ore:	Gold, Pyrite
Gangue:	Biotite, Quartz
Orebody form:	LINEAR()
Discovery year:	1865

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1865

Geology

Host rock:	Quantico Slate(Basal Section)
Host type:	Schist
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Columbia Syncline
Tectonic:	Piedmont

References

MRDS	W031569
DEP	10080424
Reference	{Deposit:: CRENDER, H., 1868, REPORT OF EXPLANATIONS ON THE GOLD FIELDS OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MINING, VOL. VI, P.393.}{Deposit:: WATSON, T.L., 1907, GOLD AND SILVER, IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA, J.P. BELL CO., P. 549-567.}
Reporter	Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)