Commodities
PrimaryGold
TertiarySulfur-Pyrite
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typePlacer
Model119: Placer Au-PGE
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formLINEAR
Materials
Ore mineralsGold, Pyrite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockSchist · Chopawamsic Formation;Alluvium
StructureArvonia Syncline, Ne-Sw Trend
Tectonic settingPiedmont
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1900
Discovery year1850
Identification
Deposit ID10106129
MRDS IDW028989
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.61395, -78.40528
References
WATSON, T.L., 1907, MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VA, J.P. BELL CO., 618 P.LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966, BASE-AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED ORE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 7, 167 P.SWEET, P.C. 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, 77 P.1900 DIREXPL WORKED AS PLACER1906 DIREXPL ANACONDA GOLD MINING CO., DEVELOPING1974 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES, LOCATED MINE