Mine detail: Little Elliot Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.46393, -77.67109

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Metamorphosed Sedimentary Rocks;Somerville Granite
Host type:Greenstone
Associated rock:Somerville Granite
Associated type:Granite
Structure:Ne-Sw Trend
Tectonic:Piedmont

References

MRDSW000337
DEP10105448
Reference{Deposit:: LONSDALE, J T, 1927, GEOLOGY OF THE GOLD-PYRITE BELT OF THE NORTHEASTERN PIEDMONT, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 30, 110 P}{Deposit:: SWEET, P C, 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, 77 P}{Deposit:: SWEET, P C, 1975, ROAD LOG TO SOME ABANDONED GOLD MINES OF THE GOLD-PYRITE BELT, NORTHWESTERN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA MINERALS, V 21, NO 1, P 1-9.}{Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA DIV MIN RES: LOCATED SITE.}{Deposit:: DIREXPL MINING OPERATIONS TO HAVE OCCURRED IN EARLY 190*(?).}
ReporterMeintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.), Wright, Nancy A.