| Deposit ID | 10079452 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W028994 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Lightfoot Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Cowan Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -78.37528, 37.70283 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 91 |
| Relative position | 2.75 MI (4.43 KM) NW OF ARVONIA. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Buckingham(county)
Virginia(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Diana Mills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Dillwyn(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Roanoke(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Middle James-Buffalo(hydrologic unit)
James(hydrologic accounting unit)
Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)
Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Virginia | Buckingham |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Copper | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Magnetite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 273 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 36a |
| Deposit model name | Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
| Mark3 model number | 27 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Chopawamsic Formation | ||||||||
| Rock description | Chopawamsic Formation | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone |
| Rock unit name | Chopawamsic Formation |
| Rock description | Chopawamsic Formation |
| (1) | -78.37528, 37.70283 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Arvonia Syncline, Ne-Sw Trend |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Long Island Syncline |
| General form | LENS |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1861 |
| Discoverer | George Fisher |
| Year of first production | 1861 |
| District name | Gold-Pyrite Belt |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 26M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W028994 |
SWEET, P.C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, 77 P.
TABER, S., 1913, GEOLOGY OF THE GOLD BELT IN THE JAMES RIVER BASIN, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 7, 271 P.
WATSON, T.L., 1907, MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VA., J.P. BELL CO., 618 P
BROWN, W.R., 1969, GEOLOGY OF THE DILLWYN QUADRANGLE, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 10, 77 P.
CREDNER, H., 1869, REPORT OF EXPLORATIONS ON THE GOLD FIELDS OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MINING, V. VII, P. 58.
HAMMETT, A.B.J., 1966, THE HISTORY OF GOLD: KERRVILLE, TEXAS, BRASWELL PRINTING COMPANY, P. 43-53.
1850 DIREXPL DURING PERIOD MINED FOR GOLD AND COPPER
1904 DIREXPL 85 FT SHAFT SUNK
1974 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES., MINE RELOCATED
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | 3 VEINS WERE DEVELOPED{ 2 QUARTZ VEINS, ONE 1.2 M (4 FT) WIDE, CARRIED IRON OXIDE, PYRITE, AND FREE GOLD. THE THIRD VEIN WAS 1.2 TO 1.5 M (4 TO 5 FT) THICK, AND CONSISTED OF AN UPPER GOSSAN{ THEN 6.1 M (20 FT) OF PYRITE-RICH QUARTZ, BELOW WHICH CHALCOPYRITE OCCURS AND INCREASES WITH DEPTH{ THE LOWER CHALCOPYRITE RICH PORTION OF THE VEIN CONTAINED 11 PERCENT COPPER. |
| Deposit | PROPERTY FIRST WORKED FOR GOLD, BUT OPENED FOR COPPER JUST BEFORE CIVIL THE WAR. AFTER THE CIVIL WAR SPORATIC ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO REOPEN, NONE WERE EVER SUCCESSFUL. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: PRE-CIVIL WAR |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1979 | Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) | Virginia Division of Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-OCT-1981 | Trimble, David C. | Virginia Division of Mineral Resources |
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