| Deposit ID | 10079837 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W030579 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Mosby Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Mosbey Property |
| Geographic coordinates: | -78.13, 37.82533 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 107 |
| Relative position | 5.35 MI (8.61 KM) NE OF COLUMBIA. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Fluvanna(county)
Virginia(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Columbia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Dillwyn(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Virginia | Fluvanna |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Sulfur-Pyrite | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Model code | 273 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 36a |
| Deposit model name | Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
| Mark3 model number | 27 |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss |
| Rock unit name | Chopawamsic Formation;Alluvium |
| Rock description | Chopawamsic Formation;Alluvium |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium |
| (1) | -78.13, 37.82533 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Columbia Syncline , Ne-Sw Trend |
| General form | LINEAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1865 |
| Year of first production | 1865 |
| District name | Gold-Pyrite Belt |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W030579 |
SWEET, P.C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, 77 P.
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
SMITH, J.W., MILICI, R.C., AND GREENBERG, S.S., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF FLUVANNA COUNTY: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, BULLETIN 79, 62 P.
CREDNER, H., 1869, REPORT OF EXPLORATIONS ON THE GOLD FIELDS OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA: AMER. JOUR. MNG., VOL. VII, P. 42.
1865 MINE BEING PROSPECTED
1974 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES., LOCATED MINE
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | FOUR VEINS WERE WORKED, THE BIG SANDY, THE MIDDLE, THE TELLURIUM, WHICH COULD BE TRACED ACROSS THIS PROPERTY FOR 320 M (1050 FT), AND ANOTHER UNNAMED VEIN, WHICH HAD YIELDED GOOD ORE. BOTH SIDES OF THE CREEK HAD ALLUVIUM WHICH WAS WASHED FOR GOLD AS WELL. |
| Deposit | 0.4 MI (0.6 KM) SW OF LEMUEL MARKS PROPERTY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1979 | Meintzer (D.C. Levan), Robert E. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JAN-1982 | Trimble, David, C. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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