Mine detail: Massachusetts Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 37.85005, -78.09971

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Discovery year: 1865

Production

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

Geology

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

References

MRDSW030609
DEP10106156
Reference{Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, 77 P.}{Deposit:: THE FREE LANCE, 1887, A TRIP THROUGH THE GOLD BELT OF VIRGINIA: FREDERICKSBURG, VA., V. 3, NO. 86.}{Deposit:: MORRILL, P., 1972, VIRGINIA MINES AND MINERALS, PART 4: ROCKS AND MINERALS, V. 47, NO. 10, P. 587-596.}{Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES.; UNABLE TO LOCATE.}{Deposit:: DIREXPL TELLURIUM GOLD MINING CO., SUNK SHAFT}
ReporterMeintzer (D.C. Levan), Robert E., Trimble, David, C.