Mine detail: Duncan Prospect

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Location: Buckingham County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.58867, -78.43834
dep_id: 10093795
mrds_id: W028965
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Gold
gangue: Pyrite, Quartz, Sericite
orebody_fm: LINEAR
model: 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Reporter: Beaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.), Trimble, David, C.
hrock_unit: Chopawamsic Formation
hrock_type: Schist
Structure: Arvonia Syncline, Ne-Sw Trend
tectonic: Piedmont
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1913
References:
  • Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION. 19, 77 P.
  • Deposit:: TABER, S., 1913, GEOLOGY OF THE GOLD BELT IN THE JAMES RIVER BASIN, VIRGINIA; VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 7, 271 P.
  • Deposit:: CREDNER, H., 1869, REPORT OF EXPLORATIONS ON THE GOLD FIELDS OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA: AMER. JOUR. MNG., VOL. VII, P. 105.
  • Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA. DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES; SITE INSPECTE
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