Mine detail: Cocke Property Prospect

Previously called 'Cox Property'

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Location: Fluvanna County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.81227, -78.14778
dep_id: 10093806
mrds_id: W030573
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Gold
gangue: Biotite
model: 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
ore_ctrl: In Quartz Veins And Placer Gravels.
Reporter: Trimble, David, C., Beaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.)
hrock_unit: Chopawamsic Formation;Alluvium
hrock_type: Quartzite,Amphibole Schist,Gneiss,Alluvium
Structure: Columbia Syncline; Ne-Sw Trend
tectonic: Piedmont
References:
  • Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, 77 P.
  • Deposit:: LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966 BASE- AND PRECIOUS- METAL AND RELATED ORE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 7, 167 P.
  • Deposit:: SMITH, J.W., MILICI, R.C., AND GREENBURG, S.S., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF FLUVANNA COUNTY: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, BULLETIN 79, 62 P.
  • Deposit:: CREDNER, H., 1869, REPORT OF EXPLORATIONS ON THE GOLD FIELDS OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA: AMER. JOUR. MNG., VOL. VII, P. 42.
  • Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA. DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES; SITE INSPECTE
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