Mine detail: Luce Mine

Previously called 'Capt. Luc* Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.98949, -77.90027

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: LINEAR
Discovery year: 1865

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1865

Geology

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

References

MRDSW030518
DEP10106147
Reference{Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, 77 P.}{Deposit:: WATSON, T. L., 1907, MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VA. J. P. BELL CO., 618 P.}{Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES.: INSPECTED SITE.}{Deposit:: DIREXPL MINING AND MILLING OPERATION (CEASED 1895).}{Production:: WATSON (1907)}
ReporterMeintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.), Trimble, David, C.