Mine detail: New Grindstone Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.19783, -77.7772

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver, Zinc, Lead, Sulfur-Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Limonite, Magnetite, Quartz
Discovery year: 1910

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1910

Geology

Host rock:Chopawamsic Formation
Host type:Schist,Gneiss
Associated rock:Diabase Dike
Associated type:Diabase
Structure:Ne-Sw Trend, Columbia Syncline
Tectonic:Piedmont

References

MRDSW029533
DEP10106134
Reference{Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, IN PRESS.}{Deposit:: MCCASKEY, H.D., 1911, GOLD, SILVER, COPPER, LEAD, AND ZINC IN THE EASTERN STATES IN 1910 (MINE PRODUCTION), IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, CALENDAR YEAR 1910, PT. 1, METALS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, P. 675-691.}{Deposit:: MCCASKEY, H.D., 1912, GOLD, SILVER, COPPER, LEAD, AND ZINC IN THE EASTERN STATES IN 1911 (MINE PRODUCTION), IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, CALENDAR YEAR 1911, PT. 1, METALS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, P. 873-888.}{Deposit:: 1910 DIREXPL PROBABLE FIRST ATTEMPT AT DEVELOPMENT}{Deposit:: 1955 OTHER NEW JERSEY ZINC CO: LEASED PROPERTY}{Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES.: INSPECTED SITE.}
ReporterMeintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.)