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Slate Hill Mine

Past Producer in Louisa 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079788
MRDS ID W030523
Record type Site
Current site name Slate Hill Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.9061, 37.98505 (WGS84)
Elevation 140
Relative position 1.3 KM (0.8 MI) SW OF PENDLETON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Louisa(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pendleton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Richmond(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richmond(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

  • 0.52 KM (0.33 MI) EAST OF JUNCTION OF STATE ROAD 605 AND U.S. HWY. 522.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result A REPORT MADE IN 1853 INDICATED THE AVERAGE VALUE OF THE ORE WAS ?4 PER TON AND THE COST OF MINING AND MILLING WAS $1.40 PER TON.

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
    Rock unit name Chopawamsic Formation
    Rock description Chopawamsic Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.9061, 37.98505
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1849
Discoverer Dr. D. Skerrett (?)
Year of first production 1849

Mining district

District name Gold-Pyrite Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 45.7M

Comments on the workings information

  • DURING THE 1850'S A MAIN SHAFT, 45.7 M (150 FT) DEEP, AND SEVERAL SMALLER SHAFTS WERE SUNK. IN 1974 A CAVED SHAFT, FOUR CAVED PITS, AND A DUMP WERE SEEN.

Comments on development

  • MINE WAS OPENED IN 1849 AND WORKED BY DR. D. SKERRETT FROM 1850 TO 1854, AND THEN BECAME THE PROPERTY OF A PHILADELPHIA COMPANY. DURING THIS PERIOD A MAIN SHAFT, 45.7 M (150 FT) DEEP, AND SEVERAL SMALLER SHAFTS WERE SUNK. A 15-STAMP MILL WAS ALSO ERECTED. IN 1895 A HUNTINGTON MILL HAD BEEN ERECTED AND THE MINE WAS BEING DEVELOPED IN THE LOWER LEVELS. MINE APPARENTLY CLOSED DOWN OPERATIONS SOMETIME IN 1895. ; ECON.COM: 15-STAMP MILL ERECTED; HUNTINGTON MILL ERECTED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LUTTRELL, G. W., 1966, BASE-AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED ORE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 7, 167 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    WATSON, T. L., 1907, MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VA., J. P. BELL, 618 P.

  • Deposit

    CREDNER, H., 1869, REPORT OF EXPLORATIONS ON THE GOLD FIELDS OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA: AMER. JOUR. MNG., VOL. VII, P. 9

  • Deposit

    1850 DIREXPL DR. D. SKERRETT: MINE DEVELOPED.

  • Deposit

    1974 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES.: INSPECTED SITE.

  • Production

    LUTTRELL (1966), WATSON (1907)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ON FISHER LODE. TWO VEINS DEVELOPED.
Deposit LOCATED BETWEEN LUCE AND RICSWAN MINES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1981 Trimble, David, C. U.S. Geological Survey

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