Mine detail: Gil* Mountain Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 36.56258, -78.74696

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Discovery year: 1917

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Aaron Formation
Host type:Metavolcanic Rock
Structure:Ne-Sw Trend, Virgilina Synclinorium
Tectonic:Piedmont

References

MRDSW031832
DEP10096559
Reference{Deposit:: LANEY, F.B., 1917, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE VIRGINIA DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA: VA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 14, 176 P.}{Deposit:: LINDEN, M.A., 1981, MINERALOGICAL AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF GOLD OCCURRENCES IN THE VIRGILINA DISTRICT, HALIFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA: UNPUBLISHED M.S. THESIS, VIRGINIA TECH, 116 P.}
ReporterTrimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)