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Anderson Mine

Past Producer in Buckingham county in Virginia, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079448
MRDS ID W028988
Record type Site
Current site name Anderson Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.56806, 37.46534 (WGS84)
Elevation 204
Relative position 0.2 MI (0.3 KM) SE OF ANDERSONVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Buckingham(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Andersonville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Appomattox(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roanoke(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle James-Willis(hydrologic unit)

James(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Buckingham

Comments on the location information

  • 0.1 MI (0.2 KM) OFF EAST SIDE STATE ROAD 638 ABOUT 0.15 MI (0.24 KM) BY ROAD SOUTH OF ITS JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 640.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Muscovite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Rock unit name Chopawamsic Formation;Alluvium
    Rock description Chopawamsic Formation;Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.56806, 37.46534
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Arvonia Syncline, Ne-Sw Trend

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZED QUARTZITE INTERBEDDED WITH SCHIST IN THE SHEAR ZONE OF THE LONDON AND VIRGINIA VEIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1830
Year of first production 1830

Mining district

District name Gold-Pyrite Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • 50 FT (15 M) SHAFT AND 210 FT (64 M) TUNNEL SUNK IN EARLY WORKINGS. IN 1978 ABOUT TEN CAVED PITS, ONE CAVED SHAFT AND VERY LARGE DUMP AREA VISIBLE.

Comments on development

  • PLACER MINE IN 1830'S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TABER, S., 1913, GEOLOGY OF THE GOLD BELT IN THE JAMES RIVER BASIN, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 7, 271 P.

  • Deposit

    SWEET, P.C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, 77 P.

  • Deposit

    1830 DIREXPL PLACER MINE

  • Deposit

    1978 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES., LOCATED MINE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit JUST NE OF BONDURANT MINE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1979 Meintzer (D.C. Levan), Robert E. U.S. Geological Survey

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