Mine detail: Ford Mine

Location:	Buckingham County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long:	37.69366, -78.38194
dep_id:	10106127
mrds_id:	W028970
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Gold, Copper
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Chalcopyrite, Gold
gangue:	Epidote, Pyrite, Quartz
work_type:	Unknown
model:	273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
ore_ctrl:	Quartz Veins
Reporter:	Trimble, David C., Beaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.)
hrock_unit:	Chopawamsic Formation
hrock_type:	Greenstone
Structure:	Long Island Syncline; Arvonia Syncline , Ne-Sw Trend
tectonic:	Piedmont
Year first produced:	1835
disc_yr:	1835
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:: 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:: CREDNER, H., 1869, REPORT OF EXPLORATIONS ON THE GOLD FIELDS OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA: AMER. JOUR. MNG., VOL. VII, P. 58. Deposit:: 1835 DIREXPL SHAFT SUNK Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA. DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES: SITE INSPECTED