Mine detail: Walnut Grove Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 37.96366, -77.9311

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite, Quartz
Discovery year: 1845

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1845

Geology

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

References

MRDSW030527
DEP10106148
Reference{Deposit:: LUTTRELL, G. W., 1966, BASE-AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED ORE DEPOSITS: VIRGINIA DIVISION 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:: CREDNER, H., 1868, REPORT OF EXPLORATIONS ON THE GOLD FIELDS OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA: AMER. JOUR. NG., VOL. VI, P. 407.}{Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES.: INSPECTED SITE.}{Deposit:: DIREXPL MINE OPERATED PRIOR TO CIVIL WAR.}{Production:: CREDNER (1868).}
ReporterMeintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.), Trimble, David, C.