Mine detail: Turpin Creek Mine

Previously called 'Agee TractGold Tract'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.56867, -78.47779

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Sulfur-Pyrite, Iron
Ore: Gold, Limonite, Magnetite, Pyrite
Gangue: Mica, Quartz
Orebody form: LENS ()
Discovery year: 1837

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1836

Geology

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

References

MRDSW031167
DEP10106179
Reference{Deposit:: AGEE, LOUIS, N., - PERSONAL COMMUNICATION}{Deposit:: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY FILE (BUCKINGHAM COUNTY) - VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES.}{Deposit:: EARL GREGG SWEM LIBRARY, COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY, WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA, LAND PLAT SHOWING THE JOSEPH AGEE TO ROBERT SHAW LAND SALE, 1836, IN AUSTIN-TWYMAN PAPERS, FOLDER 393.}{Deposit:: VIRGINIA STATE LIBRARY, PATENT BOOK #34, P. 249, 1756-1762, SHOWING LAND PATENTED TO MATHIEU AGEE.}
ReporterTrimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)