Mine detail: Wilderness Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.33615, -77.73137

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite, Quartz
Discovery year: 1911

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1911

Geology

Host rock:Chopawamsic Formation
Host type:Schist
Structure:Ne-Sw Trend, Columbia Syncline, Foliation Strikes N 28 Deg E, Dips 82 Deg E.
Tectonic:Piedmont

References

MRDSW000424
DEP10105455
Reference{Deposit:: LONSDALE, J.T., 1927, VA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 30, P. 82-83.}{Deposit:: SWEET, P C, 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, 77 P}{Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., 1971, GOLD MINES AND PROSPECTS IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA MINERALS, VOL. 17, NO. 3, P. 25-33.}{Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., 1975, ROAD LOG TO SOME ABANDONED GOLD MINES OF THE GOLD-PYRITE BELT, NORTHEASTERN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA MINERALS, VOL. 21, NO. 1, P. 1-9.}{Deposit:: 1911 DIREXPL WILDERNESS MINING & MILLING CO: SUNK ADDITIONAL SHAFT AND CUT ADDITIONAL DRIFTS.}{Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA DIV MIN RES: INSPECTED SITE}{Deposit:: DIREXPL PRIOR TO 1911 SOME DEVELOPMENT TOOK PLACE, BUT NOT DESCRIBED IN LITERATURE.}
ReporterWright, Nancy A., Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.)