Mine detail: Anaconda Mine

Location:	Buckingham County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long:	37.61395, -78.40528
dep_id:	10106129
mrds_id:	W028989
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Gold
Trace mineral:	Sulfur-Pyrite
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Placer
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Gold, Pyrite
gangue:	Quartz
orebody_fm:	LINEAR
model:	119: Placer Au-PGE
Reporter:	Meintzer (D.C. Levan), Robert E., Trimble, David, C.
hrock_unit:	Chopawamsic Formation;Alluvium
hrock_type:	Schist
Structure:	Arvonia Syncline, Ne-Sw Trend
tectonic:	Piedmont
yfp_ba:	<
Year first produced:	1900
disc_yr:	1850
References:	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