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Julia Mine

Past Producer in Louisa county in Virginia, United States with commodities Sulfur-Pyrite, Iron, Zinc, Lead, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067672
MRDS ID W000472
Record type Site
Current site name Julia Mine
Alternate or previous names Julian Mine
Related records 10276910

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.92443, 38.00949 (WGS84)
Elevation 131
Relative position 1.5 KM (0.9 MI) WEST OF MINERAL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Louisa(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mineral(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fredericksburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Washington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pamunkey(hydrologic unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Louisa

Comments on the location information

  • OFF SW SIDE OF STATE ROAD 645, 1.3 KM (0.8 MI) BY ROAD SW OF JUNCTION WITH STATE HWY. 22.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur-Pyrite Primary
Iron Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE ORE IS SIMILAR TO THAT AT THE ARMINIUS MINE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Muscovite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 184
USGS model code 28a
Deposit model name Massive sulfide, kuroko
Mark3 model number 93

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Chopawamsic Formation
    Rock description Chopawamsic Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.92443, 38.00949
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend
Type of structure Local
Structure description Foliation Strikes N20-30 Deg.E. And Dips 50 Deg. Sw.

Ore body information

  • General form POD/LENS

Comments on the geologic information

  • PROBABLY ON THE SAME MINERALIZED ZONE AS THE ARMINIUS MINE. ; GEOL.DESC: PYRITE ORE BODY STRIKES N. 20-30 DEG. E. AND DIPS 50 DEG. SW. PROBABLY ON THE SAME MINERALIZED ZONE AS THE ARMINIUS MINE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1892
Year of first production 1911
Production years 1911

Mining district

District name Gold-Pyrite Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Hemmer Heirs

Comments on the production information

  • EXACT PRODUCTION FIGURES AND YEARS UNKNOWN. IN 1911 FOUR TO FIVE CARLOADS OF PYRITE WERE SHIPPED. SOME HIGH GRADE PYRITE ORE WAS PRODUCED IN 1918.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 33M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHAFTS DRIVEN IN 1892 (15 AND 20 M), ONE SHAFT DRIVEN TO 33 M IN 1910. MANY SHAFTS DRIVEN IN 1917, BUT DEPTHS NOT REPORTED. IN 1973, AREA WAS OVERGROWN WITH SEVERAL SHALLOW TRENCHES AND PITS, A CAVED SHAFT, CONCRETE FOUNDATIONS AND LOW DUMPS EVIDENT. MOST OF AREA USED FOR GARBAGE DUMP.

Comments on development

  • TWO SHAFTS (15 M AND 20 M) SUNK IN 1892 BY WASHINGTON PYRITE CO. ON PROPERTY BELIEVED TO BE THE JULIA MINE. HEMMER HEIRS REPORTEDLY REOPENED MINE IN 1910 DEEPENING A SHAFT TO 33 M AND SHIPPING ORE IN 1911. MINE WAS IDLE UNTIL 1917, WHEN UNKNOWN PARTIES REOPENED MINE, SANK SEVERAL NEW SHAFTS AND SHIPPED ORE. IN 1950'S, NEW JERSEY ZINC CO. EXPLORED PROPERTY. ; ECON.COM: MINE WAS FIRST AND ONLY TO USE A ROD AND BALL MILL AS OPPOSED TO JIGGING EQUIPMENT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRAIG, J.R., MILLER, J.W., COX, L.J., KAZDA, R.F., 1978, ORES OF THE MINERAL DISTRICT, IN GAIR, J.E. (ED.), MASSIVE SULFIDES OF VIRGINIA FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOK: INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CORRELATION PROGRAMME, PROJECT NO. 60, P. 26-31.

  • Deposit

    PARKER, E.W., 1893, SULPHUR, IN U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, CALENDAR YEAR 1891: P. 564-571.

  • Deposit

    PHALEN, W.C., 1911, SULPHUR AND PYRITE, IN U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, CALENDAR YEAR 1909, PART 2, NON-METALS: P. 685-696.

  • Deposit

    WATSON, T.L., 1920, VIRGINIA, IN SMITH, P.S., SULPHUR, PYRITES, AND SULPHURIC ACID; IN U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1917, PART 2 - NONMETALS: P. 53-55.

  • Deposit

    POOLE, J.W., 1973, ABANDONED MINE AND PROSPECT DATA ON JULIA MINE: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, UNPUBLISHED REPORT.

  • Deposit

    1892 DIREXPL WASHINGTON PYRITE CO.: CONDUCTED EARLIEST MINE DEVELOPMENT.

  • Deposit

    1917 DIREXPL UNKNOWN OPERATOR RE-ESTABLISHED OPERATIONS.

  • Deposit

    1953? DIREXPL NEW JERSEY ZINC CO.: EXPLORATION THROUGH DRILLING PROGRAM.

  • Production

    WATSON (1920), CRAIG AND OTHERS (1978), POOLE (1973)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN 1890'S TWO "VEINS" DESCRIBED; ONE BEING SIMILAR TO ARMINIUS "VEIN." GOSSAN MARKED ON SURFACE FOR NEARLY 606 M.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Wright, Nancy A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1979 Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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