Mine detail: Johnson, David, Prospect

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Location: Goochland County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.82338, -78.08582
dep_id: 10093807
mrds_id: W030605
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Gold
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
model: 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Reporter: Meintzer (D.C. Levan), Robert E., Trimble, David, C.
hrock_unit: Arvonia Formation;Alluvium
hrock_type: Gravel
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:: BROWN, C.B., 1937, OUTLINE OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GOOCHLAND COUNTY, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULLETIN 48, 68 P.
  • Deposit:: CREDNER, H., 1869, REPORT OF EXPLORATIONS ON THE GOLD FIELDS OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA: AMER. JOUR? MNG., VOL. VII, P. 27.
  • Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES., LOCATED MINE
  • Deposit:: DIREXPL PLACER GOLD PROSPECT PRIOR TO 1869
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