Mine detail: Brush Creek Prospect

Location:	Floyd, Montgomery County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long:	37.0534, -80.31146
dep_id:	10106151
mrds_id:	W030569
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Gold
Minor mineral:	Silver
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Gold
gangue:	Feldspar, Iron, Pyrite, Quartz
orebody_fm:	IRREGULAR
model:	119: Placer Au-PGE
Reporter:	Meintzer (D.C. Levan), Robert E
hrock_unit:	Little River Gneiss
hrock_type:	Gneiss
Structure:	Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Ne-Sw Trend, Fries Fault
tectonic:	Orogen
Year first produced:	1879
disc_yr:	1879
discr:	J.M. Thomas
References:	Deposit:: SWEET, P.C. AND BELL, S.C., 1980, METALLIC MINERALIZATION IN THE BLUE RIDGE PROVINCE OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES IN PREPARATION. Deposit:: LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966, BASE-AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED ORE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 7, 167 P Deposit:: DIETRICH, R.V., 1959, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF FLOYD COUNTY OF THE BLUE RIDGE UPLAND, SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION SERIES, BULLETIN NO. 134, 160 P. Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, 77 P. Deposit:: 1890 DIREXPL MR. HAWKS, ERECTED STAMP MILL. Deposit:: 1920 OTHER MR DANIEL WALTERS, HAND PANNING & SLUICING. Deposit:: 1972 RECON VA. DIV. MIN RES., EVIDENCE OF PLACER WORKINGS. Production:: DIETRICH (1959)