Mine detail: Scotia Mine Tellurium Vein

Previously called 'Perkins Mine'

Location:	Fluvanna County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long:	37.84116, -78.1086
dep_id:	10106153
mrds_id:	W030584
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Gold
Trace mineral:	Sulfur-Pyrite
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Gold, Pyrite
gangue:	Biotite, Chlorite, Garnet, Ilmenite, Orthoclase, Quartz
orebody_fm:	LINEAR
model:	273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Reporter:	Trimble, David, C., Meintzer (D. C. Levan), Robert E.
hrock_unit:	Arvonia Formation
hrock_type:	Mafic Intrusive Rock,Schist,Gneiss
Structure:	Columbia Syncline , Ne-Sw Trend
tectonic:	Piedmont
Year first produced:	1835
disc_yr:	1835
References:	Deposit:: SWEET, P. C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, 77 P. Deposit:: TABER, S., 1913, GEOLOGY OF THE GOLD BELT IN THE JAMES RIVER BASIN, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULLETIN 7, 271 P. Deposit:: SMITH, J. W., MILICI, R. C., AND GREENBERG, S. S., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF FLUVANNA COUNTY: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, BULLETIN 79, 62 P. Deposit:: GOOD, R. S., FORDHAM, O. M., JR., AND HALLADAY, C. R., 1977, GEOCHEMICAL RECONNAISSANCE FOR GOLD IN THE CALEDONIA AND PENDLETON QUADRANGLES IN THE PIEDMONT OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA MINERALS, V. 23, NO. 2, P. 13-22. Deposit:: CREDNER, H., 1868, REPORT OF EXPLORATIONS ON THE GOLD FIELDS OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA: AMER. JOUR? MNG., VOL. VI, P. 406. Deposit:: 1845 DIREXPL REMOVED ORE Deposit:: 1910 DIREXPL SCOTIA MINING CO., REMOVED ORE Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES., LOCATED MINE