Mine detail: Scotia Mine Tellurium Vein

Previously called 'Perkins Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.84116, -78.1086

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Sulfur-Pyrite
Ore: Gold, Pyrite
Gangue: Biotite, Chlorite, Garnet, Ilmenite, Orthoclase, Quartz
Orebody form: LINEAR
Discovery year: 1835

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1835

Geology

Host rock:Arvonia Formation
Host type:Mafic Intrusive Rock,Schist,Gneiss
Structure:Columbia Syncline , Ne-Sw Trend
Tectonic:Piedmont

References

MRDSW030584
DEP10106153
Reference{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}
ReporterTrimble, David, C., Meintzer (D. C. Levan), Robert E.