Mine detail: Luce and Howard Mine

Previously called 'Howard MineTallyhill Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 36.60174, -78.74446

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1906

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1906

Geology

Host rock:Aaron Formation (Middle Member)
Host type:Greenstone
Associated type:Meta-Basalt
Structure:Virgilina Synclinorium, Ne-Sw Trend
Tectonic:Piedmont

References

MRDSW030511
DEP10106146
Reference{Deposit:: LANEY, F.B., 1917, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE VIRGILINA DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 14, 176 P.}{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, V. 17, NO. 3, P. 25-33.}{Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES: INSPECTED SITE.}{Deposit:: DIREXPL INITIAL MINE DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATION, PRE-1906.}
ReporterMeintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.), Trimble, David, C.