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Twin Vein Mine

Past Producer in Louisa county in Virginia, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079791
MRDS ID W030526
Record type Site
Current site name Twin Vein Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.93304, 37.96672 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 3.2 TO 4.8 KM (2.0 TO 3.0 MI) SSW OF MINERAL.

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

  • EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN; ACCORDING TO DEED BOOKS, MINE IS LOCATED ON THE OLD R.E. DOLAN PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE LOUISA GOLD COMPANY LAND TRACT OF 766 ACRES WHICH INCLUDES THE WADDY TRACT AND THE 104 ACRE WALDORF TRACT; NEAR THE PROPERTY OF LEWIS THOMASSON ON AND ALONG THE OLD RICHMOND ROAD (U.S. HWY. 33).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
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
    Rock unit name Chopawamsic Formation
    Rock description Chopawamsic Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.93304, 37.96672
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1921
Year of first production 1921

Mining district

District name Gold-Pyrite Belt

Comments on the production information

  • IDLE IN 1923, PRODUCTION ALLOCATED TO VIRGINIA DURING PERIOD 1921-1926 AS LISTED IN U.S. GEOL. SURV. AND U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE U.S., PROBABLY REFER TO THIS MINE.

Comments on the workings information

  • ORE RECOVERED FROM OPEN CUTS.

Comments on development

  • MINE WAS WORKED FROM 1921 TO 1925. A SMALL AMALGAMATION PLANT WAS ERECTED TO PROCESS THE ORE FROM OPEN CUTS?

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

    DUNLOP, J.P., 1924, GOLD, SILVER, COPPER, LEAD, AND ZINC IN THE EASTERN STATES. (MINES REPORT.) IN U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1921, PART 1 - METALS, P. 7 - 13.

  • Deposit

    1921 DIREXPL BEGAN DEVELOPMENT AND MINING.

  • Deposit

    1974 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES.: UNABLE TO LOCATE MINE.

  • Production

    DUNLOP (1924)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROBABLY ON FISHER LODE.
Deposit PROBABLY LOCATED BETWEEN PROFFIT AND THOMASSON'S MINES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

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

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