Mine detail: Anaconda Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 37.61395, -78.40528

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Sulfur-Pyrite
Ore: Gold, Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: LINEAR
Discovery year: 1850

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Placer
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1900

Geology

Host rock:Chopawamsic Formation;Alluvium
Host type:Schist
Structure:Arvonia Syncline, Ne-Sw Trend
Tectonic:Piedmont

References

MRDSW028989
DEP10106129
Reference{Deposit:: WATSON, T.L., 1907, MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VA, J.P. BELL CO., 618 P.}{Deposit:: LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966, BASE-AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED ORE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 7, 167 P.}{Deposit:: SWEET, P.C. 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, 77 P.}{Deposit:: 1900 DIREXPL WORKED AS PLACER}{Deposit:: 1906 DIREXPL ANACONDA GOLD MINING CO., DEVELOPING}{Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES, LOCATED MINE}
ReporterMeintzer (D.C. Levan), Robert E., Trimble, David, C.