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Rough and Ready Mine

Past Producer in Buckingham county in Virginia, United States with commodities Gold, Sulfur-Pyrite
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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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079453
MRDS ID W028995
Record type Site
Current site name Rough and Ready Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.41111, 37.617 (WGS84)
Elevation 145
Relative position 0.75 MI (1.21 KM) SW OF JOHNSON STATION (NOW DESERTED).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Buckingham(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dillwyn(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Buckingham

Comments on the location information

  • 0.25 MI (0.40 KM) OFF SE SIDE OF STATE ROAD 676 ABOUT 0.3 MI (0.5 KM) BY ROAD SW OF JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 622

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Sulfur-Pyrite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
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 Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.41111, 37.617
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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
    Width 1.8M

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZ VEIN CARRYING PYRITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1861
Year of first production 1861

Mining district

District name Gold-Pyrite Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT WAS SUNK PRIOR TO CIVIL WAR ON A QUARTZ VEIN CCARRYING PYRITE? IN 1879, A PIT OPENED A VEIN WHICH SHOWED GOLD ON PANNING. IN 1974, 2 SHALLOW TRENCHES, ONE SHALLOW PIT AND SMALL DUMP PILES WERE EVIDENT.

Comments on development

  • PHELPS DODGE CORP DRILLED 2 HOLES ON PROPERTY IN NOV-DEC 1985. TOTAL DEPTH OF HOLES ARE 554 FT AND 600 FT. CORE IS STORED AT VA DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    CREDNER, H., 1869, REPORT OF EXPLORATIONS ON THE GOLD FIELDS OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA: AMER. JOUR. MNG., VOL. VII, P. 58.

  • Deposit

    1879 DIREXPL VEIN UNCOVERED (6 FT WIDE)

  • Deposit

    1974 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES, MINE RE-LOCATED

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL MINE DEVELOPED PRIOR TO 1861

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PIT OPENED ON PROPERTY IN 1879 DISCLOSED A VEIN 1.8 M (6 FT) WIDE.
Deposit MINE ABOUT 0.5 MI (0.7 KM) SSW OF MORTON MINE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Deposit Discovery Year: PRE-CIVIL WAR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1979 Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1987 Sweet, Palmer C. (Trimble, David C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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