Mine detail: Apperson Mine

Previously called 'Leseu* Mine'

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Location: Buckingham County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.56728, -78.45417
dep_id: 10100213
mrds_id: W028987
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold
gangue: Muscovite, Pyrite, Quartz
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
model: 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
ore_ctrl: Shear Zone
Reporter: Meintzer (D.C. Levan), Robert E., Trimble, David, C.
hrock_unit: Chopawamsic Formation
hrock_type: Schist
Structure: Arvonia Syncline, Ne-Sw Trend
tectonic: Piedmont
Year first produced: 1860
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:: HARPE* MAGAZINE, 1865, THE NATURAL WEALTH OF VIRGINIA: NEW YORK V. 32, NO. 187, P. 32-42.
  • Deposit:: CAMPBELL, J.L., 1882, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY, VIRGINIA: NEW YORK, G.P. PUTNA* SONS, 119 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:: 1860 DIREXPL SOME GOLD REMOVED PRIOR TO CIVIL WAR
  • Deposit:: 1882 DIREXPL MINE WORKED
  • Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES., MINE RELOCATED
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