Mine detail: Baker Branch Prospect

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Location: Grayson County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.61202, -81.51954
dep_id: 10082559
mrds_id: W055402
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Gold
gangue: Quartz
model: 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Reporter: Sweet, Palmer C.
hrock_unit: Mount Rogers
hrock_type: Greenstone,Phyllite
disc_yr: 1925
References:
  • Deposit:: SWEET, P.C. AND LOVETT, J.A., 1985, VDMR, VIRGINIA MINERALS, VOL.31, NO.4, P.41-52.
  • Deposit:: GREER, ALEX, 1985, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION
  • Deposit:: RANKIN, D.W. AND OTHERS, 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WEST HALF OF THE WINSTON SALEM QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA, VIRGINIA AND TENNESSEE, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-709-A.
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